I've known heartbreak too,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD3IItB4QPA
Though few who know me know it,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3nuV3E0fJl
Longed for it to end.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdaS81y6Lw
49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl4Kr6DzWqP
I've heard the sweet call,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO202wzOHxe
Whispered in my ear at times,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIjcAoRdtZ
For self-oblivion.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtX9PG4pfwG
49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMId8weTUrK
But it always passed,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLofycS4h4x
Too many unfulfilled dreams,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCIPJL9zD6
I could not let die.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72lVhdPE1l
49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkWfPshirLs
Though not a young girl,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5KtPiT6mPL
I still can relate to pain,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpeQ0YK319
That's too hard to bear.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdRQe6MxZi
49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMPHzpKQVZa
They bring tears of blood,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMd10eyIzkG
Young colleagues' words with the pain,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRkfr8NoDTQ
They struggle to bear.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVyEynw0gc9
49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd9s40ZQMeN
Doing themselves harm,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Ot4Vqt92P
To escape the greater pain,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNJ5oLlsId
Of their precious lives.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiKO0VRdgoz
49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPKoIHFaSG
I beg you each, please,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0LvnvJXmu
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBH6aCel3Um
No answers in them.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUyGNevOKf3
49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6MsTEkugMl
The answer's in you,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡchGspB0rlI
In that hidden spark buried,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28p2lFRvYr
Beneath all the pain.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZCcca4uFKW
49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgYjVwqqRhE
Incredible YOU!49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbvq4SeAOq
Unique, in the multiverse,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmAr3tjXw6
No other like you.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmeX1sOx4bS
49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWTCT3Wsd0N
No one with your skills,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmOoctyCb5
No other voice quite like yours,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP4V8IjAmP6
To sing us your truth.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkqRIaKuerc
49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jaTKl07ba
Boundless potential,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSWuRnAy0M
Still a tiny, precious seed,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡylAOC1XwL7
Waiting to take root.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ542S4qQ3Z1
49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFEREyQjKJz
Life's fetid manure,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNMe8zg2yLP
With tears of joy and sorrow,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkOTDh71Hwy
Will help you to bloom.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbok2Wq1OeU
49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBEQ947Agv
The spark in your heart,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBj2XBz77g
Will burst into flame in time,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr3XGIDqBNG
Through your poetry.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5m1FpMofmo
49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCzSxr1R3gz
Purifying all,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvW7rQo5xmz
The specters and dark shadows,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbLOam2b16
That now haunt your nights.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLgMzNvIGs
49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQDyOdevly
Look in the mirror,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwP1zqAtlZ6
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAsXQpuX4is
To that ember's glow.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfwVUdr5RLJ
49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYjonaGsJw
And know you will bloom,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnuevInwTL8
And your mighty bows will bear,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kdCdwmOaT
The sweetest of fruit.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRscmoA9Nzf
Though few who know me know it,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3nuV3E0fJl
Longed for it to end.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdaS81y6Lw
49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl4Kr6DzWqP
I've heard the sweet call,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO202wzOHxe
Whispered in my ear at times,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIjcAoRdtZ
For self-oblivion.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtX9PG4pfwG
49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMId8weTUrK
But it always passed,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLofycS4h4x
Too many unfulfilled dreams,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCIPJL9zD6
I could not let die.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72lVhdPE1l
49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkWfPshirLs
Though not a young girl,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5KtPiT6mPL
I still can relate to pain,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpeQ0YK319
That's too hard to bear.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdRQe6MxZi
49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMPHzpKQVZa
They bring tears of blood,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMd10eyIzkG
Young colleagues' words with the pain,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRkfr8NoDTQ
They struggle to bear.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVyEynw0gc9
49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd9s40ZQMeN
Doing themselves harm,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Ot4Vqt92P
To escape the greater pain,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNJ5oLlsId
Of their precious lives.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiKO0VRdgoz
49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPKoIHFaSG
I beg you each, please,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0LvnvJXmu
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBH6aCel3Um
No answers in them.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUyGNevOKf3
49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6MsTEkugMl
The answer's in you,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡchGspB0rlI
In that hidden spark buried,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28p2lFRvYr
Beneath all the pain.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZCcca4uFKW
49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgYjVwqqRhE
Incredible YOU!49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbvq4SeAOq
Unique, in the multiverse,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmAr3tjXw6
No other like you.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmeX1sOx4bS
49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWTCT3Wsd0N
No one with your skills,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmOoctyCb5
No other voice quite like yours,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP4V8IjAmP6
To sing us your truth.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkqRIaKuerc
49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jaTKl07ba
Boundless potential,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSWuRnAy0M
Still a tiny, precious seed,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡylAOC1XwL7
Waiting to take root.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ542S4qQ3Z1
49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFEREyQjKJz
Life's fetid manure,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNMe8zg2yLP
With tears of joy and sorrow,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkOTDh71Hwy
Will help you to bloom.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbok2Wq1OeU
49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBEQ947Agv
The spark in your heart,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBj2XBz77g
Will burst into flame in time,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr3XGIDqBNG
Through your poetry.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5m1FpMofmo
49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCzSxr1R3gz
Purifying all,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvW7rQo5xmz
The specters and dark shadows,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbLOam2b16
That now haunt your nights.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLgMzNvIGs
49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQDyOdevly
Look in the mirror,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwP1zqAtlZ6
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAsXQpuX4is
To that ember's glow.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfwVUdr5RLJ
49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYjonaGsJw
And know you will bloom,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnuevInwTL8
And your mighty bows will bear,49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kdCdwmOaT
The sweetest of fruit.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRscmoA9Nzf
49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9Xl8Gaejs
49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwvoLWeTRA9
As is usual for me this piece was written in one sitting and is largely stream of consciousness focused on poems I've read recently by young poets, mostly young women, about cutting and other forms of hurting oneself in response to pain one cannot deal with. Some are beautiful, powerful pieces. All break my heart and make me feel completely powerless--other than to make an encouraging comment I know will mean very little. 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 only49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2CIlHwjazn
