I Didn't Mean It

It was a moment- a split second- you uttered those words,
that cannot be withdrawn.
They hung there-dirty underwear flapping in the breeze,
for all of the neighbors to ogle.
You didn't mean it- you said it with reckless abandon,
but the damage was to the bone.
And the decay resulted in an abscess,
that ruptured and polluted the vision
of myself,
forever changing my
reflection.
Who could have foreseen what
those few words
have wrought?