“Trick or treat”

Trick or treat!

It's time to be scared

But isn't that always?

...

The crunch of leaves mimics the snap of bones

Laugher mocks my screams of truth

Chocolates swirl with my vision

And the treat of it all

is that they believe.

...

The dusk-time haunts memories of hatred.

Shrieks of the wild dance with your shivering heart

All in a game of make-believe.

There is too much enjoyment

In what cannot be possible

And hope is the Universe's heaviest enemy.

It isn't even time, yet.

But we all brace ourselves for the trees to slyly camoflage

Giving us permission.

...

So we howl at the moon

For just that one night

We treasure the adrenaline

And live for the fight

All until morning

Where our dreams start to blur

We huddle close to our homes

Watching the trees change once more.

Their bare arms stretch out into the sky

Quietly whispering goodbye

So we wait because next time

Halloween lasts every night.

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Fin.

Hi everyone, thank you for reading! It isn't even Autumn/Fall where I am, and Halloween unfortunately isn't the biggest thing... but still! I though i'd get into the mood of pumpkins and spooky season! I saw someone else's entry to an October prompt and i thought i'd choose my own.

Here's the prompt page (thank you to Chloe Rose Violet 🌹 for the prompt):

https://vocal.media/writers/writing-prompts-for-october

Thank you again everyone and happy (almost) October :)

- red :)