Creative Writing Contest-Halloween Poetry Edition

The Creative Writing Club sponsored a Halloween contest. Here is the very creepy first place poem!

​The Night of Halloween​
by Ryann S.
Two beady eyes
Peer through the mirror
Fake fangs, a plastic cape
And a well-practiced sneer
I step outside, as if in a dream
After all, strange things happen on the night of Halloween
 
Door to door
“Trick or Treat!”
Costumes and Candy
Time blurs as my bucket is filled
With what, I assume, can only be bricks
 
The neighborhood grows darker
But I don’t mind
All I can think of is the CANDY
Soon to be mine
crunch, crackle, crash
I pause in my tracks
But the sound from behind me does not last
As quick as it had started it
It was gone
I continue on my way, who cares what some sound means?
After all, strange things happen on the night of Halloween
 
Door to door
“Trick or Treat!”
Costumes and Candy
Time blurs as my bucket is filled
With what, I assume, can only be bricks

Soon I grow tired
All the walking had some cost
So my feet stumble home
Yet where is home?
I am lost.
Crunch, Crackle, Crash
Eerie eyes stare at me
They blink once, then twice, then let out a bone rattling scream
Of course, I run, I don’t need a college degree
To know that strange things happen on the night of Halloween.
 
Panting, sprinting
Wind whips my back
Someone—something is chasing
CRUNCH, CRACKLE, CRASH
As I race to get away
From the creature who pursues me with glee
After all, strange things happen on the night of Halloween
 
Door past Door
Tricks not Treats
Time blurs as my bag sprawls
The what, I assume, can only be--
 
My calves tighten
I fall all the way down
But the fear numbs my body
Softening the blow to the ground
Then the creature closes in--
I can see it now…
A cape and fangs the flicker and glean--
I close my eyes…
After all, strange things happen on the night of
​hall—