it is midnight
no magical bewitching
hour for me
i know only that
i am here waiting
remembering that
once as a child
i walked two
miles in my sleep.
did i know
that where i
was going?
traveling. i’m
always traveling.
i want to tell
you about me
about nights on a
brown couch when
i wrapped my 
bones in lint and
refused to move.
no one touches
me anymore.
father do not 
send me out
among strangers.
you you black man
stretching scraping
the mold from your body.
here is my hand.
i am not afraid 
of the night.