Who built, and who destroys

You're asking me to step
onto this bridge, to trust
that it will bear the weight
of all of these accumulated
offenses and transgressions;
to trust that it will carry me
safely back into relationship
or safely away from my abusers,
when all I can see
is the damage that's been done
to these foundations;
the fragility; the imminent
collapse of all we've built
together you and I; but wait -- Oh!
Now I see: this is the bridge
from you to me; it is my own acidity
that's eating it away...