Happy Halloween

Impatient little bodies squirm
telling their parents to hurry up
jumping and shouting in their excitement
to start their journey
of sweet treats
and heapfuls of compliments

Little faeries glisten the night
as ghosts haunt and frighten
princesses rule the land
and ghoulies run rampant
Pirates bully
and cats slink

Pumpkins carved with utmost care
twinkle and amaze on doorsteps.
threaded cotton mesh webs
strewn over hedges and shrubs
joined by the odd silly string
shot by rambunctious teens

Spiders creep
dark cemetery's trod
in hopes of viewing
a lost spirit
and the gain of the eerie
tingle down ones spine

Started as a Pagan ceremony
as a close to the harvest
now turned into the night
which you see before you
distorted
much like many of the other holidays
we've come to celebrate

And though the night
strikes fear and distaste
into the hearts
of the most orthodox Christian
who view it as Satan's day.
At least the children are having fun
and most adults, too.
Maybe things aren't always what they seem....