It's hard
      to let go
     the past
     it lingers
     and refuses
     to part-

     its say
    it has not completed
    it's at your heel
    you can't escape
    its tenacious grasp

    once long ago
    you thought
    with it you had done
    you couldn't succeed
   it was too obstinate
  and left you helpless

  the cure is to allow it
to coerce and shout
to it be indifferent
don't react or respond-
it will wear itself out

like the passing
of time
it will lose its sting
and you'll be free
at last!