Expounding: Carrying on with the Inquiry

The great challenge continues,
The quest never ending;
To get to the end
Makes no sense,
For how could that be?

What end could there be?
An end to this individual life,
Probably
But what is that?

Right now, I could not say,
Am uncertain but unconcerned,
The light of existence burns,
Inside and outside,

The fire goes out
And the ashes cool,
Until no heat’s left over,
Neither a flicker nor a sputter,

Not even a stick stirred
Through the mucky mess remaining
Reveals any sparks
Or heat retaining;

And yet, does not the potential remain,
For another flame,
To arise from the dark?
Is there a brand new blaze in waiting?

And if so, what would it be?
Could it be me?
Or something completely different?
Will I be here to see?

Or if not, who else?
And when?
Twill it be somebody close at hand
Or in a completely different land?