October Impact

The impact of October

should be chilling, thrilling,

and terrifying.

Reds, yellows, mixed with

graying skies is the backdrop

to a most haunting time of year.  

The October setting sun;

blistering the landscape with

Autumnal hues.

The long, Fall shadows

should give us pause to wonder

what was that noise in the hall.

Was it coming to get me?

How did it get in here?

It’s just a cat. I don’t have a cat.

It’s the toothless murderer,

the one on the news. He broke in here

looking to satisfy his blood lust.

Another creaking floorboard,

I’m doomed. Doomed!

There’s no escape!

The wind rattles the windows,

the house shivers,

and every noise is a death knell.

That’s the impact of October,

the growing abyss of Autumn,

and the powerful fear it stirs.