Of Narcissists And Martyrs, And Their Followers.....

The following is for those
who can't tell a martyr and narcissist,
and who are tempted to become one,
themselves, and they don't know the difference.

A martyr suffers for those other than himself,
often some despised and disunited minority
who find unity in their new, late, loss-leader figurehead.

And he (in every patriarchal society it will be a he)
is pushed into that position by circumstances
that others in authority-also male-create and control.

Whereas when a narcissist feels themselves
to have suffered, then it is imaginary for them,
and they don't know they are being delusional, 
but it becomes a very real persecution for others.

As the narcissist pursues his imaginary phantoms
and seeks to find them through his subordinates
who, under pressure can barely comprehend
who, and what, they are serving, then their escape 
intact from the delusion they serve is hard.
The most thorough escape is via utter failure.

Being failed by a narcissist means being released from their grip
and knowing yourself by the bruises that their grip left
whilst seeing others get caught up in what will fail them.

For those held in the narcissists grasp
hindsight teaches that they would have been less hurt
and more right if their leader had been a martyr
to a better-even if it is yet to be successful-cause, 
than the delusion that the narcissist
who picked them wanted them to serve.