Gargoyles Keep Watch

The bats fly away in the deep of the night And the ravens aren’t that far behind These creatures filter and are thusly aligned The black cats skirt around the coffins alright The ones which contain the skeletons Where the night surely goes and beckons Jack-O-Lanterns bring about a lot of fright Their frightening faces will scare anyone With the eerie light deep inside that’s molten The cemetery is the zombie’s great delight Where they eat to their fill from the graves The gravestones all have their names engraved There are witches that fly about in the firelight Casting curses to all that dare to walk about Scaring all those fearful below without a doubt All these creatures wander about this midnight Under a full moon, the gargoyles keep watch And life within Halloween kicks it up a notch The bats fly away in the deep of the night The black cats skirt around the coffins alright Jack-O-Lanterns bring about a lot of fright The cemetery is the zombie’s great delight There are witches that fly about in the firelight All these creatures wander about the midnight Russell Sivey Form Constanza