Penny For Your Thoughts.

... nickel for your kiss
Actually I take that back.
That is one feeling I could have done without.
After the fact of course.
But what good is it:
rearranging memories;
regretting happiness;
building sadness; and 
judging self?

Oh my ancestors were right,
when they advised that 
'had I known is always at last.'
But again,
what good is it:
persecuting souls;
anticipating closure; and
creating new endings?

All I needed that night, was a penny
for your insidious thoughts.
I could have done without that nickel though.