requiem

I am tired
of all
the pinprick
reminders
and the guilt
bleeding stupid
romanticism
all over
the well worn pages
of my history.

I am going to sleep now.

And when I wake
all that will matter
is this moment,
because that is all
there really is
because I am too tired
to reread these
stories,
even once
more.

-c.rose 11.05.08