I only see in hindsight

It’s not your fault

That I didn’t see

The wounds you

So easily inflicted

That I didn’t let go

Until it was too late

That I watched you

Strip back layers of

My skin to see

The blood well up

And overflow

As you smiled

That I let you

Crawl into the hollow

Inside my bones

And the place behind

My eyes that you

So casually violated

Excuse me now

If I walk by unseeing

Turning away

From your dark eyes

Your loving, your touch

Your fabulousness

For I only see

In hindsight

And I’ve finally

Come to realise

There’s no going back

From what I’ve now seen