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Oct 2016
HALLOWEEN IS HERE
CAN YOU FEEL THE SILENCE  IN THE AIR?
STILLNESS WITH A TOUCH OF SPIRITS
FLOATING IN THE LIVING ROOM
I STARE OUT THE WINDOW
DARKNESS FALLING FAST
CREEPY NOISES COMING FROM A DISTANCE
I GO GET MY FLASHLIGHT
I INVESTIGATE
MY DOG ACCOMPANY ME IN THE DARK
SHE STARTING TO  SHAKE AND HOWL
I INSEST ON WALKING  THROUGH THE WOODS
I SEE SOMETHING, CAN'T REALLY MAKE  OUT THE FIQURE
NOISES KEEP GETTING CLOSES AND CLOSER
AS I WALK FASTER AND FASTER
MY HEART IS STARTING TO POUND
I REALLY STARE AT THE FIQURE ,
IT LOOKS LIKE MY GRANDFATHER
I FEEL LIKE I'M DREAMING
I GO BACK INSIDE AND POUR A GLASS OF WINE
JUST TO REMEMBER IT'S HALLOWEEN
I FEEL A TOUCH ON MY SHOULDER
A WARM REATH OVER ME, NO ONE AROUND
I FEEL THIS SPIRIT SO WARM AND TRUE
I LOOK AROUND SO MANY CHILDREN AND ADULTS
IN HALLOWEEN COSTUMES
I GO GET MY CANDY TO HAND OUT TO THE CHILDREN
I SMILE THIS IS A SWEET TIME
I WAS HAUNTED AFTER DARK
Written by
Cheryl Ann Warner  F/Alabama
(F/Alabama)   
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   Autumn Rose
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