Since we must celebrate death, let us <br /> leave it to the children. <br /> <br />We'll cradle bowls of coins and candy, <br /> awaiting a knock at the door, <br /> <br />while they learn the lessons of moonlight <br /> from fallen leaves and caramel apples- <br /> <br /> to enter a darkening world <br /> dressed as monsters, <br /> <br /> to read fate in sidewalk cracks <br /> through holes in plastic masks, <br /> <br /> to seek treats with pretty threats <br /> at the doors of strangers.<br /><br />Eric Paul Shaffer<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-lessons-of-moonlight/
