Goblins in the night

They cause such a fright!

Witches, black cats, grim reapers too…

I just don’t know what to do!

knock! knock! knock!

 They’d already come knocking at my door…

 And here they are back for more?

How can that be?

Are they here to get me?

I peek from behind the curtain…

 Do they see me? I’m not certain.

knock! knock! knock!

I run and hide under my bed…

Cowardly with covered head.

Goblins in the night,

They cause such a fright!

Blood thirsty vampires and scary ghosts…

I don’t know what frightens me most!

knock! knock! knock!

If I open the door, they’ll steal me away…

Mom won’t know until I’m far away!

I tell myself, “I can do it!

I will be brave! I will not quit!”

Goblins in the night,

They cause such a fright!

 As I creep in the shadows to the door…

Haunting sounds come from the floor.

 While I stand like a mummy so stiffly poised…

 I wonder what made that spooky noise?

knock! knock! knock!

There is that knocking at the door again…

I  wait and slowly count to ten.

Mom calls, “Please, go open the door!

Before I must count to four!”

What a choice I’m given to make…

Doesn’t she know what’s at stake!

knock! knock! knock!

Why have they come back…for me or more?

I bravely open the creaking the door…

TRICK OR TREAT!

What do you have that’s sweet?

Oh, my! Is it possible, is it so?

Candy turned them into scarecrows!

No more goblins in the night!

Don’t worry, now…everything’s all right…

knock! knock! knock!

…or is it…

~ by Nana ~

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