Halloween Fright
In the night a light is glaring
And yet I stand here stiff and staring
Coming closer a fearful sight
In the evening's endarkened night
Ever growing Halloween fright
In this time upon this hour
I feel inside this evil power
Growing light, impaling glare
For this pain I could not bare
Ever growing Halloween fright
Sixteen hundred and ninety-two
I knew what I was forced to do
But petrified so here I must stay
Or trapped by the men and the things they'll say
Ever growing Halloween fright.
"Witch!" They scream as they shake their torch
Throwing sticks, rocks, I run to my porch
They stop me before I climb the first stair.
They pull me away my clothes the tear.
Ever growing Halloween fright
I stand there tied to the erected stake
"Set me free for heavens sake!"
‘You will die!" They say so mean
I am a witch or so it may seem
Ever growing Halloween fright
"What's this spell you put on me?"
"I did no magick, please set me free!"
"You shall burn for what you did!"
"I'm not of Satan, I'm not his kid!"
Ever growing Halloween fright
They grab the torch and light the wood
I struggle to get free, if at all I could
I feel the flames grazing my foot
Ready to turn my body to soot
Ever growing Halloween fright
"Please!" I scream, as the flames grew higher,
"I did no harm to be burned by fire!"
The children watch as I cry and scream
The vision of my death will be in every dream
Ever growing Halloween fright.
My flesh has burned, my life is gone
As the night approaches dawn
16 years in Salem Mass.
For I thought my life would last
Ever growing Halloween fright
They left me here without a care
Return to me they did not dare
The children came and all they found
Were my ashes upon the ground
Ever growing Halloween fright
"Rest in peace" the children said
But my soul was already dead
I haunted the dreams of all who slept,
That brought me here, the fear they kept
Ever growing Halloween fright
I still come out to haunt the life
Who brought me pain, sorrow, and strife
For I will come, in plain sight
Stroke of twelve on that fearful night
Grown that fear of Halloween fright...
©Cassonian
10-17-00
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