Night Before Halloween

T’was the night before Halloween,
the streets were all clear
Installed in the children, the cops gave a fear.
Houses stood safe and free for tonight;
all looked perfect in the moon’s shining light
The windows were dim with no thought of despair
to gather around and take all the air.
With me in my bed, snuggled up very nice
and thoughts filled my head of the snow and the ice.

When outside my house, the silence disturbed
The thoughts of a break in had me quite perturbed
I rose from my bed; no sounds did I make
And started advancing, for my welfare’s sake
I peeked out my window, the noises still there
I almost passed out; I promise, I swear
Sat four teenage boys upon my own deck
Laughing and drinking and screaming their trek

The leader arose from the group very fast
discarding his beer bottle, making it last
Drunk out of his mind, it was easy to see
As he wobbled around, he clung to my tree
“Come on Johnny and Nick, let’s hurry up Greg.
We don’t have no time, let’s open that keg.”
His voice was so hoarse as he let out a yell
I knew him from somewhere; it was too hard to tell

I stood frozen in silence; emotions gone wild
What was I to do? I was only a child
Sloshing their drinks all around with such glee,
all filled with their beer except lil’ old me
And then I discovered the source of their tag;
the eggs and such others arose from the bag
And over again, I shrank back with such thought
I tried to remember some fights my dad taught
Still in my pajamas, I burst through the door
All things from their hands were dropped to the floor
I breathed in and out, prepared to just fight
when all of their faces turned deathly chalk white

Their eyes, once with hope, now took on their pain
Their mouths were glued shut, not keeping them sane
The fists filled with rage turned to tight little balls
Still frightened to death, I remembered the laws
“Get off of my lawn!” I was feeling on top,
“Or so help me god, I’m calling a cop!”
They stumbled to move far away from my house
Almost all of them freaked except for an old mouse