The decorations come up, the costumes come out, and the kids’ imaginations run wild

“What should I be? What can I wear? How should my hair be styled?”

The planning begins weeks, months ahead of time to make sure everything’s just right

It may seem silly for so much work to go into one night

But those are the memories you’ll cherish for a lifetime

Because you’ll blink and suddenly realize that years have flown by

Not been giving a second thought about what you’ll wear or who you’ll be, for years

But instead passing out candy or Netflixing a movie that will invoke the most fear

Still too young to go to parties, but too old to go trick or treating, how I hate this age in between

It makes me wish I could turn back the clock to a simpler time when I truly enjoyed Halloween