Dark Night

Is it that time
Of year again?
The time to spin
And then descend?
Is it the time
To watch you
Slowly
Disappear?
Is it that time
Of year again
Where no matter what
You can't say when?
Where we watch you grasp
We sit back and ask
"What can be done?"
When the lies run amok
And the monster's won?
How do we cope
On this years-long journey
When there is never
An end in sight?
And how will we ever
See you through
To the other side
Of this dark night?