I've known heartbreak too,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡou1fwVuEKK
Though few who know me know it,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGYBuqMoJCe
Longed for it to end.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzTrLMJFz7
26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEuNDbxfvZB
I've heard the sweet call,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOeWN2v3eyE
Whispered in my ear at times,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFXIaAmCji8
For self-oblivion.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVdf2MdubwB
26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg9vVmgCcWZ
But it always passed,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3B6RsEbvlp
Too many unfulfilled dreams,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LVWMtQSGW
I could not let die.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHCKpiiENmD
26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJGJhe1zP9
Though not a young girl,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHsmItsTRel
I still can relate to pain,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUyNQeECz4
That's too hard to bear.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0GyFXyzFff
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They bring tears of blood,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbl9ogGfd75
Young colleagues' words with the pain,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMC83getPRB
They struggle to bear.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtXB4pFCkMn
26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4OCKOiIERP
Doing themselves harm,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ05mzP5dI6m
To escape the greater pain,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zfSa127Vz
Of their precious lives.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0dI7FO2UI1
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I beg you each, please,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5N268hFxb
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtV41ymJYpT
No answers in them.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMW8ReOFLss
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The answer's in you,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwn8OMXrJE
In that hidden spark buried,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSX7tBWxtLz
Beneath all the pain.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGzinFGVHgk
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Incredible YOU!26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡclvqiCPK2q
Unique, in the multiverse,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3FfdmYCX4n
No other like you.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7cSemZpupc
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No one with your skills,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBRk2QmWHt
No other voice quite like yours,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡABxwxNS7Y0
To sing us your truth.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfG1QpUQzAW
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Boundless potential,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqoKC7w6Z3o
Still a tiny, precious seed,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvAghfFytff
Waiting to take root.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLJ6JHSsxK
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Life's fetid manure,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjdr8ZvWXy
With tears of joy and sorrow,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡySRJ5dLhgH
Will help you to bloom.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBI323YSVj9
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The spark in your heart,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡecx7cMGgFH
Will burst into flame in time,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJeeOefnjgR
Through your poetry.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFErxR4zQsv
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Purifying all,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfGalANEYy
The specters and dark shadows,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYm3n5JTNEy
That now haunt your nights.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡACNYcJUUhs
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Look in the mirror,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzR68pEKaLk
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡalvhUG5WGV
To that ember's glow.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWpUYBDPqBo
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And know you will bloom,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmYfFa0ee0
And your mighty bows will bear,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡltVdKk1ZBv
The sweetest of fruit.

NOTE: As is usual for me , I wrote this piece in one sitting. It is largely stream of consciousness focused on poems I read before writing it (2019) by young poets, mostly young women, about cutting and other forms of self-harm in response to pain one cannot deal with. Some are beautiful, powerful pieces. I realize (hope) some may have been fiction, though I doubt it. All break my heart and make me feel completely powerless--other than to make an encouraging comment I know will mean very little if read. I've always dealt with my own pain through music and poetry. I don't know how else to reach out. Unseen tears mean nothing to those in pain. If only they could see themselves through the eyes of those in their lives who can see deeper than the reflection in the mirror. If only.