Halloween

Tonight, this night,

The night of gruesome delight;

On a day when the sun makes short its earthly stay,

Blazing a trail for the moon and its milky way.

On this night

Darkness is the new light,

Returning fun to all wicked frights

As there is sweetness behind and within

 Every gnawed piece of flesh and candy bight.

Some shall don masks,

Others will shed skin,

Both revealing a truth to the underworld;

This is who we are within.

Thus, on this night,

The ultimate night,

We trade secrets.

We exchange identities to create a night of infamy.

From celebrating the festival of Sam Hain

To surviving religious disdain,

On this night of nights

Might the moon be bright;

However, take heed,

Beware the unseen

For tonight the familiar and the strange

Are one and the same

On this night of nights,

This night called Halloween.