project of compassion

be careful not to become
someone’s project of
compassion---
for there are those who
find a way to fill themselves
(the hole so deep & bleeding)
up by taking care of another
in such a manner that attachments
may form between
the project & the project
coordinator (PC)---
where there had not been a
hole, now one can be drilled
so as to make the two
co-dependent,
where the PC
needs the project to fulfill them
&
the project becomes
dependent on the agency of the
PC, forgetting themselves,
forgetting their own individuality in
the process &
if the project does not come to
fruition in exactly the way that
the PC sees fit,
they may throw a tantrum,
which minutes ago
did not seem possible,
because they had been looked up
to, they had been admired,
they had been thought to be
flawless?
wise?
capable of sustaining positive
change inevitably?

ahh, but they were only human
the whole time.