Ghosts Of Halloweens Past

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Ghosts Of Halloweens Past

   I know Halloween has its lovers and its haters, though probably more lovers than haters.
    I happen to be among the Halloween lovers.
  I've always loved Halloween, even past the time when I was still considered young enough to put on a costume and go house-to-house collecting candy bars, full-sized candy bars  being the Halloween treat de rigueur back in my day.
    I remember even being excited on the first Halloween that I stayed home to give out candy to trick-or-treaters instead being among them. It was 1964. I was in eighth grade. I felt very grown-up, even though I still played with Barbies. (See post from 3/6/2014, https://www.ailantha.com/blog/our-barbies-ourselves).

    I remember that night hearing  on the radio the song "She's Not There" by the British rock group The Zombies,

...and thinking that was a cool song for Halloween because it sounded kind of spooky and The Zombies was kind of a spooky name. I think it's because of that song that this particular Halloween stands out so saliently in my memory.
​            Maybe it's because of the memories of Halloweens past,

...that those of us who love Halloween continue to look forward to it,

​...even after our own little ghosts,

...and clowns,

​...and dancers,

​...and knights,

...have long grown.

     Maybe we love Halloween because we see in the faces of the little
tricker- or -treaters, 

...the faces of our own children, once upon a time,

...and remember ourselves being young.
       Happy Halloween.