Welcome Home

Sleep don't visit, so I choke on sun
 And the days blur into one
 And the backs of my eyes hum with things I've never done
 Sheets are swaying from an old clothesline
 Like a row of captured ghosts over old dead grass
 Was never much but we made the most
 Welcome home
 Ships are launching from my chest
 Some have names but most do not
 If you find one, please let me know what piece I've lost
 Peel the scars from off my back
 I don't need them anymore
 You can throw them out or keep them in your mason jars
 I've come home
 All my nightmares escaped my head
 Bar the door, please don't let them in
 You were never supposed to leave
 Now my head's splitting at the seams
 And I don't know if I can
 Here, beneath my lungs, I feel your thumbs press into my skin again