Halloween Memories Spanning For Fifty Years Poem by Savita Tyagi

Halloween Memories


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

It is five p.m.
One more hour and kids will
Be knocking the door.

Young ones start first,
they have to be in bed soon,
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 treats.

I still remember
first Halloween eons back.
The doorbell rang,

A boy was dressed strange
Trick or treat he said. Puzzled
I said what is that!

Seeing my outfit
And foreign looking face,
he left.

Door bell rang again
Before I could figure out
A child and lady

Were standing by the door.
She explained the festival
And child asked for treats.


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

And pass a dime
Or two as a trick or treat.
That was fifty years back!

Those days, change was plenty
We had no credit card and a dime
Would buy a big candy!

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 grand kids have been born.

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

Happy Halloween

Written originally on 10.31.2017

Reposted with New Title and some editing for Halloween 2019