Let’s call it quits

I am done trying to win the favors of love,
I am done beseeching the dame fortune,
I am done pleading with the lady luck,
I am done kowtowing to the dictates of father time,
I am done holding on to a faltering hope,
I am done taking refuge in my faith,
I am done wallowing in self-pity and guilt,
I am done wearing my heart on my sleeve,
I am done dreaming dreams.

Lolling in the lap of comfort and luxury
was not meant to be,
Neither meant for me are the reassuring arms of love
Nor the trusting hugs of a friend.

In life’s long and arduous journey
Oh, where did I take a wrong turn?
Was I not the one with the highest aspirations
and the sturdiest will?
Why then have I given up so easily?
Why did I let myself down?

I look in the mirror, and it’s simply not me,
The one looking back
is an old and haggard man,
With crow’s-feet and cobwebs
crisscrossing his face,
Light shining on his bald head is where
a lion’s mane once held sway,
Instead of a winsome smile
he now wears a weary scowl.

I look into his myopic eyes
and remorsefully ask:
What say you,
If we just call it quits?