The Rescuer

finding a depth in the vulnerable person standing before him--- a hole he feels needs filling by someone compassionate, by someone who would just listen, he moves closer to her & offers his hand in help, he offers his heart in hope that what he feels to be his own deficiencies & idiosyncrasies, will somehow mesh with hers as if the rescue itself would ensure it--- and for a while her surrender is one that creates a new place for the both of them, a context that neither of them needs in order to promote personal growth & independence--- nevertheless, the codependence that has bloomed, eats at the both of them, if for any better reason than that they are no longer the vulnerable individuals that they once were & because the present situation has become frustrating at best, sleepless, paranoid eyes begin to look around for blame, inevitably taking them both back to the moment when the rescue began.