Cannot ssh to VM linux from macbook terminal

When I try to ssh from the terminal to a VM running on macbook I get the below response.

MacBook-Pro:.ssh root# ssh -p 2222 root@127.0.0.1 -v

OpenSSH_6.9p1, LibreSSL 2.1.8

debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config

debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 21: Applying options for *

debug1: Connecting to 127.0.0.1 [127.0.0.1] port 2222.

debug1: Connection established.

debug1: permanently_set_uid: 0/0

debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory

debug1: identity file /var/root/.ssh/identity type -1

debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory

debug1: identity file /var/root/.ssh/identity-cert type -1

debug1: identity file /var/root/.ssh/id_rsa type 1

debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory

debug1: identity file /var/root/.ssh/id_rsa-cert type -1

debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory

debug1: identity file /var/root/.ssh/id_dsa type -1

debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory

debug1: identity file /var/root/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1

debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory

debug1: identity file /var/root/.ssh/id_ecdsa type -1

debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory

debug1: identity file /var/root/.ssh/id_ecdsa-cert type -1

debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory

debug1: identity file /var/root/.ssh/id_ed25519 type -1

debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory

debug1: identity file /var/root/.ssh/id_ed25519-cert type -1

ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host