MOM’S SCARIEST HALLOWEEN

It was early evening on Halloween

And everyone in town could be seen

Wearing a costume and scary face

while being herded through every store in the place.

 The light turned green and we crossed the street

heading for another store owner giving out treats.

We pulled out of the crowd to do a quick head count

And when the youngest was missing Mom’s fears started to mount.

Mom left the younger children in the older one’s keep

And then ran looking for her little lost sheep.

As she ran down the street she began to cry,

“Has anyone seen my little blond butterfly?”

There were masses of “monsters” drowning out Mom’s call.

They were tall and scary and her child was so small.

While crying, Mom spotted a kind officer

and went to enlist help in finding her girl.

As Mom was telling the officer her story,

Someone else was following in a hurry.

And there with a friend, she stood amongst the flurry;

Mom’s little blond butterfly in all her glory.