ADVERSARY'S NIGHT

As we travel through this time
Preparing our children
For the candy night
Remember we must
Times of darkness

The night before the return
The Adversary's last night
Taking what he desires
Those souls unprotected
Souls of darkness

Jack-o-lanterns
Guardians of light
Protect houses
As the Adversary
Passes Over

Many years ago
Lamb's blood
Guarded homes
Angel of Death
Swept Egypt

Sometime – maybe now
The Adversary rules
Law used for power
Power used to crush
Hope

Feeding off the pain
Of the multitudes,
The few flourish
In lies and deceit:
The Adversary

©Copyright October 21, 2006 by Mark I. Kirkmeyer

Submitted for the October 2006 IWVPA Club Theme Project, Halloween