There comes a darkest night,
A destruction of the soul,
When answers aren’t in sight,
It’s time to play the fool,

So if you really have to know,
You must reach out to grab it,
Are you brave enough to go?
To follow the white rabbit,

And what is it you’ll find?
A dream lost in a dream,
A dying of the mind,
Heralded by a Banshee’s scream,

An illusion lost in time,
The limelight downward cast,
A mirror reflecting rhyme,
The future of the past,

Or a vision prophecy,
Only when you dare to try,
Only if you dare to see,
Through the gypsy’s evil eye,

And it’s best to risk it all,
As the heart knew all along,
To the phantom’s deathly call,
Or the siren’s deadly song,

Now at long last I’ve arrived,
Or mayhap just what I think,
It’s the wisdom I’ve contrived,
From the Jack O’ Lantern’s wink.

JHenry