It started when the black bats took flight,
sweeping through the trees in the darkest of night.
The cold wind blows across the land making me
shiver,
a howling at the full moon would make any steadfast
heart quiver.
Only evil unseeing things can penetrate the
dark,
waiting in their lairs ready to make their mark.
The men listen as mothers and children hug and
cling,
as the old man tells gruesome stories of Halloween.