Addiction
Unconventional addiction.
Horrible, painful and dark.
Not to me; to everyone else.
Everybody is in danger;
Everyone in Haddonfield.
For one night a year.
Since childhood;
Pushed too far.
Started with simple things;
Rats and cats,
But will never truly end.
First real kill, down in the woods.
Blood on my hands.
As he begged for his life.
Goodbye, schoolyard bully…
Always underestimated, always ignored.
Nobody cares about me.
My favorite night; ruined.
The hope of trick-or-treating; destroyed.
So revenge, I take;
With my knife and bat.
Goodbye, mother’s horrible boyfriend.
Goodbye, sister’s disgusting boyfriend.
Goodbye Judith.
Happy Halloween, Boo.
Addicted to the adrenaline;
To the chase.
To watch their light dim.
Feeling their pulse stop beneath my hands.
Hearing the choked breaths,
Struggling through their throats.
Smelling their hot blood, staining the floor.
Completely addicted.
The thrill of the kill.
Taking revenge.
All these years later.
Addiction never waivers.
One strangled, two stabbed.
All gone.
I gave you a chance.
Addiction too strong.
Family reunion turned sour.
Happy Halloween, Boo.