Flailing Flame Poem by John Sensele

Sometimes you'd better let go
No point in clinging to a flailing flame
Heartaches by the dozen you can forgo
If no matter how much you try you're no closer to your goal
Reaping no value but heaps of blame
Sometimes you'd better let go
When the flame is nothing but a cantankerous claim
You pack or unpack in a disposable cargo
Heartaches by the dozen you can forgo
Instead of clinging to a flame gone lame
You once loved so much in Togo
Sometimes you'd better let go
Unless your heart by mistake grows tame
Sculpturing a sorrow logo
Heartaches by the dozen you can forgo
Although it's true it takes two to tango
But you can't twice maim the same aim
Sometimes you'd better let go
Heartaches by the dozen you can forg