Sadness

Overtakes me
As I sit
Alone
Admittedly
Slightly
Inebriated
As my children
Babies
Venture out
Into the world
In their costumes
On Halloween
Without
So much
As a thought
Or backwards glance
And I
Wait
For maybe
A photo
And
As an afterthought
I get a selfie
Which doesn't even feature
The costume
I spent three hours
Procuring
The night before

Welcome
To teenagers
Welcome
To the end
Of childhood
As it once
Made sense
And now
Now
...