I've known heartbreak too,124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡERTr8phL53
Though few who know me know it,124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYzAyXIISF
Longed for it to end.124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9aWEU1Cswk
124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVT3yVlxgAF
I've heard the sweet call,124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRpPhrPYyBX
Whispered in my ear at times,124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUwDKvqpG2
For self-oblivion.124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCLmKViwhYi
124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTvmFlOXgLg
But it always passed,124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwjvEo3t4iz
Too many unfulfilled dreams,124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS2U9jjaChJ
I could not let die.124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW9kLY9XCN6
124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBatKBrEJJE
Though not a young girl,124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xC6Cx3DYG
I still can relate to pain,124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWd5QTx9LSt
That's too hard to bear.124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpCLURw3JNj
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They bring tears of blood,124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkcQksTdoc8
Young colleagues' words with the pain,124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi5hkvrxFc0
They struggle to bear.124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2C6E4mmXrL
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Doing themselves harm,124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHx8opR05Ae
To escape the greater pain,124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCb25paqDEE
Of their precious lives.124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXLhvszQMx
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I beg you each, please,124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnnIjwn5sw
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBNt0WPeJj
No answers in them.124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZPysxW57JF
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The answer's in you,124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSTvm0xoExh
In that hidden spark buried,124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5IT2ceefvy
Beneath all the pain.124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrVoQUraS0h
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Incredible YOU!124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdqnnHVtBX
Unique, in the multiverse,124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpLGDgHUAgH
No other like you.124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6lMg5CsPg6
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No one with your skills,124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdjr6JMvLJ
No other voice quite like yours,124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5DLCxpEiT
To sing us your truth.124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr7RW5oUXW6
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Boundless potential,124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡea3sQvR9A4
Still a tiny, precious seed,124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjRMv9ovf5
Waiting to take root.124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJK8uzWHp5
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Life's fetid manure,124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNouj3342vA
With tears of joy and sorrow,124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFp1SByCZV
Will help you to bloom.124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhsjIpVQAOR
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The spark in your heart,124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetYrNf8b6W
Will burst into flame in time,124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1ImVixVSk
Through your poetry.124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMIuNvCtR0C
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Purifying all,124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgJLnxUz5H
The specters and dark shadows,124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWKymJZuyzL
That now haunt your nights.124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJ0U5JSeZ2
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Look in the mirror,124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSjTskpCwtH
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGTQYZCvqh
To that ember's glow.124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKMz6TZS4nq
124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKk2LYBQbIq
And know you will bloom,124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJOwKeQqhvQ
And your mighty bows will bear,124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZscgn9A9K
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.