Halloween Memories Poem by Savita Tyagi

All my memories
Wander like kite beneath
autumn's blue sky.

It is five p.m.
One more hour and kids
Will knock the door.

Little ones start early
By eight they have to be in bed.
Just enough time to gulp

One candy and wipe that
Halloween make up.
Later come the older ones

In groups they come and
Cross many neighborhoods
To hunt for yearly treasure.

I still remember
The first Halloween.
The doorbell rang

And someone said
Trick or treat!
Puzzled I said what is that!

Seeing my outfit
And foreign looking face
Without a word they left.

Before I could figure out
Doorbell rang again.
This time a child with an adult.

She took time to explain
The festival and treats
The children would ask for.

Of course I had no candy!
Kindly she suggested
To gather up some change

And pass a Penney
Or two as a trick or treat.
That was forty eight years back!

Many a Halloween moons
Have passed since then.
I too have adopted the festival

And joined in the fun.
Walked with my young ones
Till they were old enough

To scrounge it all alone.
My little ones have grown
But others have been born.

I still buy and pass candies
'Cause kids and their festivals
We all need to cherish.

Happy Halloween

10.31.2017