Mark by mark,

I watch you fall.

slash by slash,

I watch you bleed.

tear by tear,

I see you cry.

eyes unblinking.

I watch.

drop by drop.

red on white.

I watch you die.

to you,

eyes unseeing,

unknown.

I watch.

truth confessed.

witness

I am,

to pain unshown.

eyes unrelenting.

cold.

I watch.

broken.

mark by mark,

slash by slash,

tear by tear,

eyes unblinking,

I watch.