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This is called "Strokes."

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"Whether painter's
sable or flogger's lash,

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each slash is meant to
stay, to mark the moment,

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and to live on,
bearing witness to all

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who see the scar whether or
not they understand where it

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came from, brush or bullwhip.

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Bubble or clot, hard block
stopping blood to the brain,

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blanks out territories that
won't be heard from again,

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blanks out the
middle of a sentence,

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the whole family
of words, paints

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over whole passages of a marked
life, memorable to those marked

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out, remarkable."