Ping!

With trembling hands, she glanced at her notifications.

"You made the duolingo bird upset..."

I was in love.

He was obsessed.

Who knew he'd look

so scary after dark?

Oh it’s Halloween! A celebration portraying masks already present everyday. And the soul still hollow.

The candle was her life's hourglass. With one vengeful exhale, he plunged them into darkness.

I forced a laugh. I won. Five minutes in a casket. But it didn't open.

She blinks. I blink too. Who is the reflection behind the glass? Her or me?

Why seek Halloween’s haunted houses? My soul screams daily as I live with your ghost.

And she prayed for silence as the blood trickled like satin down her trembling arms.

Creaking wood and my heart beat. My head pounded and shadows grew closer to me.