I worked on this with her, and I must admit, it's pretty awesome! What better poem for October than one about Halloween? Written by Elizza, published by Parvani.
"All Hallows’ Eve"
By Elizza
It was a pitch black sky night
And it was all Hallows’ Eve
My brother and I were all dressed up
And ready to trick or treat
My brother was a ghoul,
And I was a mummy
We went from house to house
Until all the candy filled our tummies
We heard the church bells strike twelve
To signal it was midnight
I turned to my brother
But he’d left me alone in the dark night
Who did he think he was?
Leaving me all alone
Well, I’d get him back for that.
So I headed to the home of the headstones
You see, I’d heard a story
A year or two ago
That on the scariest day of the year
People came alive from under their tombstones
They pledged their lives
To the one who awakened them
And if they pledged their lives to me?
My brother…. Well, they could haunt him.
But as I headed to the graves,
I realized something scary.
How would I get back home?
After I awoke the buried
I couldn’t see anything,
So I trusted the monsters would guide me
Shine their light on the trail
And follow right behind me.
And as I arrived at the graveyard,
I felt quite a shiver
It could’ve just been my imagination
But it made me quiver
Where to go first?
I wondered with dismay
And how did I awake them?
And… WAIT.
Who told me that story?
Oh no. Oh dear.
It was my brother I heard that from
Then he must be near
He’d told me this last night,
As a little prank, he probably thought
But it was much more than that,
And now I was lost.
Then I felt a hand on my shoulder
And I screamed an ear shattering scream
I heard a laugh—my brother’s laugh
“Happy Halloween!”
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