Moth Boy

 How strange 

that I should find him

sitting here at my feet 

in this music room.

I first met Moth Boy 

as he was monikered 

by my daughter 

clinging to the walls

of her nightmares 

when she was but 

a very little girl. 

He returned 

from time to time

over the years 

and each time 

I watched 

my daughter's fear 

gradually give way

to the possibility 

that Moth Boy

was bringing with him 

tidings of change

in her life.

His visits she said 

coincided with 

new beginnings 

and transformations

and fear transcended.

Moth Boy she said 

offered her his wings 

to fly above her fear

then one day 

she grew wings 

of her own

and Moth Boy 

came no more

until now 

in this music room

where I sit 

with budding wings

making ready 

to fly 

above my fear.