Halloween is my favourite holiday

Halloween is my favourite holiday
Maybe that’s macabre and dark

But it’s funny how holidays like Christmas
Which are about happiness and love
Only fill me with heartache

But Halloween is fun
Instead of me being scared all the time
I can scare other people and they enjoy it

I can dress up
And be whoever I want to be

Because I might superficially resemble
An Angel on top of a Christmas tree
But the real me
Is a ghost - of a person
A vampire - draining everyone’s emotions
A witch - using voodoo dolls to control
A zombie - mindlessly walking around

On Halloween there’s no family expectations
I’m not constantly reminded about how broken my family is

A day of love, family, and joy
Just makes me feel like an outcast
But the dark and horrifying
Makes me feel like I belong

So let’s dress up and eat Halloween candy all night long
And scare away the carollers
Who come knocking
Singing their screeching songs

We’ll fling candy canes
At people in Santa hats
While wearing
Scream masks

It’s fun to dress up
And play pretend
We can be whatever we want
Because it’s Halloween
So our darkness
Can be set free