Disclaimer: The poem’s mine. No one else’s. That’s all.

Author’s Note: I wrote this today, during a meeting for my school’s literary magazine. A very strange poem. Anyway, happy early Halloween from me :) By “them” I mean the people who give out candy, and “they” I mean children.

A time when friendships are formed

when fears are cast aside

and sweets of all sorts are handed out

or a trick will be pulled be on them

Laughter, joy and smiles are shared

and then they’re off on their way

to get more candy

A time when pumpkins are carved

the leaves shine glorious gold

red, orange, brown and yellow

colors

when jack-o-lanterns are proudly hung on display

on porches

and doorsteps

A night when ghouls and ghosts

and skeletons and witches

are not feared

and instead cause joy among people

All Hallow’s Eve.