Halloween Wraps Fear in Innocence

A Halloween poem about the psychology of playing with terror: Halloween wraps fear in innocence, As though it were a slightly sour sweet. Let terror, then, be turned into a treat, Lest it overwhelm our common sense. Our nightmares are the founts of fancy whence We draw upon the monsters we would meet, Eluding horrors we cannot defeat, Enjoying the parade of our pretense Now ranged across the night in our defense. © by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/hallo3.html. For more poems about Halloween, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/halloweenpoems.html . To receive an email from me each week via medium.com, go to https://medium.com/subscribe/@nickgo_89269 .