Halloween

Thump! Thump! Thump! Inside my head.
Pulsing heart so full of dread.
All I see are ghosts and ghouls,
blind to reason, breaking rules.
No-one hears my shouts and screams.
Peace is just a thing of dreams....
I want to run, I need to flee
but have responsibility.
How much more can I withstand,
before I throw up both my hands?
On my knees in sad defeat,
to face the fact that I am beat.
Naively thought I had a chance.
So stupid, with a backward glance.
This nightmare just goes on and on,
a mindless, screeching, vile song.
Ooh! Hang on! Is it eleven?
I'm suddenly in seventh heaven!
The poor demented souls have gone,
so bedraggled and forlorn.
For this was not some evil dream,
but my daughter's party....for Halloween.