Wither John Wayne

 

My prospective love came to me

seeking a cup of pity

and maybe

a little human understanding..

I gave her the needed harshness
that the situation called for

being the hard ass guy

I fancied myself to be..

The whole tough love rap

that I chose to dispense
was not well received
for she was seeking support
and not another 

suck it up condescending lecture
or a cliched soliloquy full of crap
from a hypocrite like me..

Needless to say

my former love

never came my way again..

Of course she eventually

found a more receptive

shoulder on which to cry..

Now I am the sad one

all alone

with my fake macho front

desperately seeking compassion

in a world

where my brand of insensitive man

has gone out of fashion