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Halloween Whole Year 'Round
by Anne EngelenHalloween whole year round
No kidding...thats what Ive found
In the hearts of people I know
Trying to look different
By putting on masks hiding their hearts
Hurt prevention is what they say
Yet all they do is scare others away
Spooky business thats what it is
Being cared for?
Theyre not taking that risk
Trick or Treat? What do you think?
Trick of course, not allowing love to defeat
Tricking themselves is what they master well
Left behind empty, trapped in a cold shell
Their body, a temple of doom
Their heart, a cold casket in that tomb
Halloween in the heart ..year after year
It's a mortal fear I don't want to be near
10/30/2002 Posted on 10/30/2002
Copyright © 2024 Anne Engelen
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Charles J Hannan on 10/30/02 at 04:23 PM Very good, Anne!....I wish I could get candy year round as well!...lol....MUAHS |
| Posted by Carl Walker on 11/06/02 at 12:59 PM excellent poetic depiction of an obscure phenomena, that of dealing with pain by masking ourselves and it produces what? more pain, thanks Anne for a haunting (get it) poem
some writer by the name of payne wrote that much of negative response to life is what tempts us to mask and negative responses is all about pain management
when we learn a positive response to pain we can move forward in a way that is helpful to ourselves,
thanks again for a really excellent poem
Carl |
| Posted by Christopher Shin on 10/02/03 at 09:09 PM It's hard to take off a mask that you are familiar with. Thanks for sharing. |
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