This Scary, Pumpkin Time Of Year

It’s this scary, pumpkin time of year.

It’s only fitting that I looked through
the dark windows of an old, dark house
and saw some strange, dark shape that scared me.

I bet sometime I will look again.

And I bet I’ll get scared again, too.

But being scared is a reminder
the old, dark creatures haunting this world
are real and waiting to be looked at,
waiting to try to spread their terror,
to spread their darkness, into the light.

But being scared is a reminder
the old, dark creatures haunting this world
only have power over people
who do more than look in dark places.

The old, dark creatures haunting this world
only have power over people
who look in the dark places and see
the strange, dark shapes, terrifying shapes,
but then embrace the terror, refuse
to look away from the strange, dark shapes,
invite the darkness into the light.

I bet sometime I will look again.

And I bet I’ll get scared again, too.

It’s this scary, pumpkin time of year.

Running away from the strange, dark shapes,
running to the safe, embracing light,
reminds us life is for the living.

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Friday I Visited A Haunted House (A Befuddlement)


Vic Mizzy


And this sad Vic Mizzy news:

Vic Mizzy dies at 93; film and TV composer
wrote 'Addams Family' theme song