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