the project

upon finding him

she thought that she’d stumbled onto some sort of

greatness,

of which she’d never encountered on her own,

during the passage of time in her whole life---

she thought that his greatness lay just beneath the surface

of this scruff of a man with an interesting glint in his eyes &

if she took him upon herself

if she bore the lot of him

if she adopted this

project,

she would be able to change him &

in doing so,

he would come to realize his full potential,

having her to owe

having her to need

having her to cherish

as the one directly responsible for his

success.

 

where such an impulse stems from,

what inadequacy drives one to believe

that to create a need in another

in order to feel needed &

in order to provide the want essential

to fill a gaping hole in oneself,

cannot be found in a few hours with a shovel &

a pickax---

even a decent sized construction crew

armed with heavy equipment &

all the time in the world

might not even scratch the surface.

 

bottom line---

no person is a “project” &

no project whose sole purpose is to

change another human being

will ever succeed

except in providing reason to avoid

anyone with the audacity to

try & do so.