Time to pass on to the children of my life

Time plays the last farewell in starlight

Hurt and pain dress in the rabbit fight

Show you face in the red war paint of treat

Shallow bag-waiting snacks from neighbors

Football stars dance with ballerinas on streets

Willed with demons and hobos seeking fun

Witches place their hats pointed sky ward

Bags filled with every kind of bucket brew

Angels walk with devils this night of fright

Each seeking a neighbors smile paid in full

Fear still finds a place in all we see as the world

Has shown there are real people in need of hurting

Day turns to soap and bellies swell teeth ache

As parents take view of all the treats fall down

Magnets and X-ray search for unfelt torture

Skip the truth as many dance through the sweet

World is not any safer today than the day before

Slip and slime dance in the back yard and the street

Weapons of pride and love still hold back childhood

Parents caught in protection mode and watch burn

Great is the feel of freedom as the daughter snuggles

In the arms of a father safe from the real demons

Searching for a place to stop and take real to die

First little girl runs and gives me a hug forgets trick or treat

I give her a Disney book on sounds and Mc Donald's coupon

Mother smiles from the sidewalk and she runs to the next house

Youth knows little or no fear in the dance of early life it must be learned