Midnight

Midnight is a time
Past the evening but
Far from morning when
The dark is most concealing
As things that happen at midnight
Are often forgotten in the clear
Light of day but at midnight
There is the presence of
Our old tenure in caves
Or up in trees when
Big cats with fang
And Claw kept us
Awake feeding
The fire at the
Cave opening
Hoping our
Cousins in
The trees
Had a
Back up
Plan yet
The old fears
Are still there in
Our primitive brain
Our senses keen for
Things that go
Bump in the
Mid of
Night
As I
Am
The only
Person to
Get off the train
At midnight in
Encinitas
In the
Dark.