In a world where leaders are sought,
Now a once-revered head distraught.
Bound by fading yearnings, so frail,
Trapped by desires, his own trail.

A bowing heart, its will prevails,
Ignoring reason, its wisdom ails.
In this scene, I stand, amazed,
Speechless, my words fail, dazed.

Gazing at one I once admired,
Passionate soul, now tired, mired.
Won't time reveal its revealing light,
When my chance to shine is in sight?

Growing to great heights, so vast,
Only to stoop, a fate amassed.
How do we surrender, in the end,
To forces that make us condescend?