Dry leaves spiral round rusted bars
Blood moon paints the cracked pavement stars
Sneakers hit the cold concrete
Flash catches what eyes don't meet
Iron gate sighs on broken hinge
October sings its strange revenge
Blood orange moon climbs overhead
Halloween wakes the waking dead
Iron gate on hallowed ground
Shutter clicks without a sound
Leaves swirl slow in ghostlight glow
Only the runaway will know
Film winds slow in trembling hand
Captures shadows on the land
Pumpkin grins rot on porch steps
Secrets keep what kids forgot
Bus ticket burns in coat pocket deep
Promises the runaway won't keep
Blood orange moon climbs overhead
Halloween wakes the waking dead
Iron gate on hallowed ground
Shutter clicks without a sound
Leaves swirl slow in ghostlight glow
Only the runaway will know
Mellotron sighs through pine needle air
Cello groans from somewhere near
Saxophone hums low and slow
Painting scenes in midnight glow
Viewfinder frames the gate's black mouth
Swallowing the fleeing south
Negative strips develop slow
Revealing what the dark won't show
Each frame a spell each shot a hex
Blood moon rises camera checks
Dawn bleeds pale through bone-white trees
Runaway boards the bus with ease
Gate stands silent iron spine
Guarding thresholds crossing the line
Photos dry on dashboard heat
Halloween packed in vinyl sleeve
Blood orange moon climbs overhead
Halloween wakes the waking dead
Iron gate on hallowed ground
Shutter clicks without a sound
Leaves swirl slow in ghostlight glow
Only the runaway will know
Film advances night surrenders
Iron gate the moon remembers