Holidays A-brewing

As the school year starts and homework piles up,

Children anticipate collecting candies by the cup.

A cooler breeze refreshes the sun-kissed faces,

And Halloween decorations show up in different places.

The anticipation of fall means holidays are a-brewing

And all the childhood memories will start renewing.

Cinnamon scents fill the cooler air,

And soon leaves will fall and make trees bare.

The bright colors of summer are dimmed to browns,

And talk of inventive costumes fills the towns.

Mothers buy and make pumpkin-flavored everything.

Kids try remembering lyrics of spooky songs to sing.

Pumpkin patches advertise all the fun to be had.

Carving contest are held for faces that are fiercely mad.

Ghosts hang on porches, cob webs overtake lawns,

And tomb stones are haunted with the waking dead’s yawns

Excitement builds up for the big night of collecting,

And for the next few weeks kids’ candies will need protecting.

Then the decorations are replaced by a new set of festivities.

The witches are put away, and so are their secret remedies.

And so, the holiday season is kicked off to a sweet start,

But these year’s memories will last and never depart.

 

-Serena Autumn Simonsen