Villanelle of Halloween Decorations

Because I looked outside I’m all alone
The otherness I feared was always mine
I turned away from heaven for these bones

The mystery of love was like a stone
I gave my heart to entrails and to signs
Because I looked outside I’m all alone

The skulls survive in dust-soft combat zones
To wait to take as flesh the other side
I turned away from heaven for these bones

The divine was everything I wished to own
I could not comprehend another guide
Because I looked outside I’m all alone

I chose to join the savage, bitter moans
For I have lacked the love to trust the night
I turned away from heaven for these bones

The choices all resolve to one clear tone
The weight of earth dividing from the light
Because I looked outside I’m all alone
I turned away from heaven for these bones