The Mirror Right

**[Intro]** *[Single sustained drone. One candle. A cloth rests over an unseen mirror.]* No maps. No lantern. No choir. Only... Yourself. --- **[Verse I]** I crossed the hall in silence No monster barred the door No guardian raised a weapon No voice pronounced a law Only one forgotten chamber Hidden from every guide The place where every question Finally turned inside --- **[Pre-Chorus]** I reached... To lift the cloth. My hands... Refused. --- **[Chorus]** Who taught the one Who carries questions? Who maps the shadows Others miss? Who lights the lantern For the seeker... When the seeker Looks like this? --- **[Verse II]** The mirror spoke no language It offered no defense It named no saints or villains No innocence... No guilt... Only the quiet patterns I'd never thought to see The stories I'd corrected... Still alive... In me. --- **[Bridge]** The Cartographer Must map himself. The Lantern Must face its own light. The Library Must remember The chapters It still refuses to read. The Prophets... Still whisper Within the Hierophant. --- **[Instrumental Passage]** *[Silence stretches. A single bansuri phrase answers distant male voices. No percussion. Only breath and resonance.]* --- **[Final Chorus]** May I never become The certainty I once questioned. May every answer Remain worthy Of another question. May every lantern Find a mirror. May every map Leave room For another road. --- **[Outro]** The elder entered. Looked only once. Then covered the mirror again. "You did not pass..." ... "You accepted." ... "Carry the lantern." *[The candle is extinguished. Dawn enters through the window.]*