sleep walking through the early years

strange

to sleepwalk. to get up

in the middle of

the night,

in the middle

of a dream

and stumble around the house.

to open

doors,  go down flights

of stairs

and walk about

as if awake.

it reminds me so much

of what i did

daily

in my early years

from nine

to five

when i punched the clock

for a paycheck.