Halloween Night (For Tuesday's Child Gather Writing Essentials)

Mama told me not to walk down this road.

“It gives me the heebie jeebies,” she said.

I don’t much care though…

Cause lots of things give Mama the “heebie-jeebies”.

Nothing scares me…even on Halloween.

Its all a bunch of silly notions…

ghosts and witches and ghouls;

I just walk along, trick or treat bag in hand,

ignoring Mama’s rules.

What’s the worst that could happen

on a dark Halloween night?

Is there really something out there

that could give me such an awful fright?

The treetops sway in the breeze,

an eerie howl fills the air;

I feel something close behind me,

just barely touching my hair.

Hands reach up

from under the ground

and I scream in total fright;

Suddenly I wish I had listened to Mama

on this Halloween night.

All at once the ghouls and goblins

run back from where they came.

I wonder what has frightened them

til I hear that dreaded name.

"Dracula! Look! Run for your lives!"

I can see they are pointing at me.

I swish my cape over my shoulder

and smile with bloodied teeth.

There is something to be said

for ignoring Mama’s rules;

I’ll be first in line to get the candy..

way ahead of the witches and ghouls.

Still, I can feel it strongly...

something evil in the air;

It seems to be whispering my name

and the fear is beyond compare.

I wish I had listened to Mama

with all of her rules and such.

Right now I have the "heebie-jeebies"

and I’m frightened very much.

I walk the long dark pathway

that takes me to my home,

promising myself that I will never again

trick or treat alone.