Halloween Night

It’s late this night of Halloween I’m lost and quite alone Walking down an empty street To find my way back home Along this darkened shadowed path A church in silence sits So many days recall its past I’m scared out of my wits Flaking paint and rusted hinge A sign that reads “Keep Out” An iron gate that stands ajar As spider webs do sprout Its steeple points towards the night While clouds now slowly flow The moon is full and eerie bright A howling wind does blow Tombstones wait beyond the fence Unearthly silhouettes Chiseled dates of someone’s death Lost souls of sad regrets A faster pace my feet they move Till something that I spy Brings a fear into my heart Caught within my eye A tiny light does flicker so Behind the stained glass pane I try to look away but can’t Oh, there it goes again Now this is dumb, I know it’s true But I can not resist I sneak up to the broken glass To see what does exist I press my face against so tight Horrific was the scene Startled so I could not stop And I let out a scream The shadow in the window jumped It knows just what I saw The front door creaks its opening An eerie shriek does call I run so fast my heart it thumps As I can hardly breathe I feel a hand, the footsteps thud It grabs a hold of me I wrestled hard so frantically I kick, I plead, I cry And as the thing let’s go of me My feet begin to fly Running till my muscles burn Never more to see What creature lingers in the dark Waiting there for me Finally I make it home Climb into my bed Pull my covers way up tight Covering my head A lesson learned, oh that’s for sure Of that nightmarish scene I’ll never walk alone again At night on Halloween Written for the Halloween Night – Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Nayda Ivette Negron