Sleep

I can't sleep

Chests in the deep encase ghosts in a heap

Deep breaths from my chest feel shallow

I need diaphragm reach

And I can't speak

Words don't come to explain my mind's abduction

And I can't weep

My well has dried up from over consumption

Roll over, re-attack the knot in my back

Old friend on the ceiling whirs in incessant laps

Through the night cheering like a number one fan and