HALLOWEEN MAN

His hate for October began a lifetime ago; he was a boy,

A father loved so dear, did this night destroy a child’s life?

Learned of a father’s death, a fall from a cliff on a night,

He had to believe that another was responsible, too much pain.

Years passed by as this boy grew older, only Halloween haunts his night,

Something has changed; no longer in his right mind, he’s on his way.

Revenge for him makes no sense to the sane man; evil he’s become,

Kill he does, those who would wear masks on a cold October night.

His father did not come home on a long-ago autumn night; he also died,

He is the Halloween man; once a year, he terrorizes all he can.

                              Keith Garrett