All Hallows Eve (Halloween) is in a few days, and we remember the costumes and outfits we’ve seen over the years. Maybe there was a costume you may have worn or something elaborate your children or grandchildren had donned to celebrate the day. So scare up a costume and write about it.
MARIE’S UNMASKING:
There’s only one way
To know ourselves and others:
Eliminate masks.
© Marie Elena Good, 2018
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WALT’S OUTFIT:
THE SANCTUARY OF SHADOWS AND STARS
Night becomes your residence, your dwelling.
It is telling that you find your comfort here.
Fear does not invade. It has been forbidden.
Your masquerade keeps you hidden,
your costume serves to repel all hell dwellers.
In the sounds of evening’s symphony,
the cacophony of crickets and hooting things
rings loud and strong. Is it wrong to think
that dank and dark places could offer
sanctuary from all scary apparitions?
Besides, what is your position on the macabre?
These conditions are right for a night
protected by the shadows and stars.
This night time respite is a diversion,
far from the perversion of city lights
and car contaminants,
remnants of shouting and fighting.
Halloween night is your safe and welcome haven.
Seek your shelter there, sure and secure.
(C) Walter J Wojtanik – 2018
BONUS POEM:
DADDY’S FLOWER BLOSSOMS
She has spread her cheer every year
for twenty-five. Her, alive with joy
and her heavily dimpled smile.
One of the sunshines of my life
and she, the sunflower of same.
Her name is Andrea, and her bloom
brightens every garden
she sees fit to visit.
(C) Walter J Wojtanik – 2018
POETIC BLOOMINGS 