Witness

They say hindsight shines clear as ice,
But to watch the event occur, it depends.
Some swear they know it in a trice,
Yet some never it fully comprehend.
It is by listening the pieces are sewn,
Fitting the bits into schemas right.
For the bystander, not all is known,
Yet a view impartial casts its own light:
To stand outside what is rent;
Relative reality, past or present.