I've known heartbreak too,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLAR3CwCaln
Though few who know me know it,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5MpAbERZT2
Longed for it to end.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWBnNxBFs7
173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5SycpHz6D
I've heard the sweet call,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡewodDTwvlw
Whispered in my ear at times,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPXGG6hdha
For self-oblivion.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgdTT2yVqvQ
173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxplZunWjk
But it always passed,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPf3l2IzjUu
Too many unfulfilled dreams,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIsxGlYE8aM
I could not let die.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh3ZZIQyQhH
173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqlI4Ny4Vb
Though not a young girl,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77Dqz3xlDM
I still can relate to pain,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC3fKwtkwgi
That's too hard to bear.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7umHsMLtQX
173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL8UUx3HjJA
They bring tears of blood,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN4oymJCeCA
Young colleagues' words with the pain,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF3rZpfIoho
They struggle to bear.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4AlNjpNKMu
173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhDvtnVuI3
Doing themselves harm,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBZieUgymB
To escape the greater pain,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97BjgDMtuf
Of their precious lives.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGzbvZWjNe
173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJxsh1Hc9q
I beg you each, please,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkC6fZ1iBGR
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd67m64FHSv
No answers in them.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqalA0yJovB
173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2on7OkjjOG
The answer's in you,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPYdT7Bhok
In that hidden spark buried,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRZ9wenrQJS
Beneath all the pain.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXN6GhpeZR
173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwCL6bP65m
Incredible YOU!173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFzEDnzsd49
Unique, in the multiverse,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQPipRKmf9
No other like you.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2KbaUyhRYp
173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12TMp3nYPi
No one with your skills,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7nWKP4yTjZ
No other voice quite like yours,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8pLCK1ZWi
To sing us your truth.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcraEbGeYDq
173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcxRBTz00J
Boundless potential,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQCxSiSQUF
Still a tiny, precious seed,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHaPlpOa4GF
Waiting to take root.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfOqEzqNRk
173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDWn11sx4Q
Life's fetid manure,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtyOzJfqWcM
With tears of joy and sorrow,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvk3QVQoxfW
Will help you to bloom.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBsgkDeINXy
173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxr50iJZR3Z
The spark in your heart,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKc5i94qEoh
Will burst into flame in time,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSMZNfgfJN
Through your poetry.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYOzEYuxRv
173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9zlYm5STXn
Purifying all,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0BHdxDtDXM
The specters and dark shadows,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOf3bNeIFar
That now haunt your nights.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaREEsMiBlP
173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKnDnK1u9i0
Look in the mirror,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpBIZmLxLDG
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6fZLXaubDr
To that ember's glow.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN11QWCNR0Z
173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUakwC9EljQ
And know you will bloom,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOWHrokjOjj
And your mighty bows will bear,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO1Kwfqv7UA
The sweetest of fruit.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8DldMcs0W
Though few who know me know it,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5MpAbERZT2
Longed for it to end.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWBnNxBFs7
173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5SycpHz6D
I've heard the sweet call,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡewodDTwvlw
Whispered in my ear at times,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPXGG6hdha
For self-oblivion.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgdTT2yVqvQ
173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxplZunWjk
But it always passed,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPf3l2IzjUu
Too many unfulfilled dreams,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIsxGlYE8aM
I could not let die.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh3ZZIQyQhH
173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqlI4Ny4Vb
Though not a young girl,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77Dqz3xlDM
I still can relate to pain,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC3fKwtkwgi
That's too hard to bear.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7umHsMLtQX
173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL8UUx3HjJA
They bring tears of blood,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN4oymJCeCA
Young colleagues' words with the pain,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF3rZpfIoho
They struggle to bear.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4AlNjpNKMu
173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhDvtnVuI3
Doing themselves harm,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBZieUgymB
To escape the greater pain,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97BjgDMtuf
Of their precious lives.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGzbvZWjNe
173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJxsh1Hc9q
I beg you each, please,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkC6fZ1iBGR
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd67m64FHSv
No answers in them.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqalA0yJovB
173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2on7OkjjOG
The answer's in you,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPYdT7Bhok
In that hidden spark buried,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRZ9wenrQJS
Beneath all the pain.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXN6GhpeZR
173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwCL6bP65m
Incredible YOU!173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFzEDnzsd49
Unique, in the multiverse,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQPipRKmf9
No other like you.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2KbaUyhRYp
173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12TMp3nYPi
No one with your skills,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7nWKP4yTjZ
No other voice quite like yours,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8pLCK1ZWi
To sing us your truth.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcraEbGeYDq
173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcxRBTz00J
Boundless potential,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQCxSiSQUF
Still a tiny, precious seed,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHaPlpOa4GF
Waiting to take root.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfOqEzqNRk
173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDWn11sx4Q
Life's fetid manure,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtyOzJfqWcM
With tears of joy and sorrow,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvk3QVQoxfW
Will help you to bloom.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBsgkDeINXy
173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxr50iJZR3Z
The spark in your heart,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKc5i94qEoh
Will burst into flame in time,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSMZNfgfJN
Through your poetry.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYOzEYuxRv
173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9zlYm5STXn
Purifying all,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0BHdxDtDXM
The specters and dark shadows,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOf3bNeIFar
That now haunt your nights.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaREEsMiBlP
173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKnDnK1u9i0
Look in the mirror,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpBIZmLxLDG
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6fZLXaubDr
To that ember's glow.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN11QWCNR0Z
173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUakwC9EljQ
And know you will bloom,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOWHrokjOjj
And your mighty bows will bear,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO1Kwfqv7UA
The sweetest of fruit.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8DldMcs0W
173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDmksxsTdx
173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNUQRVAd5s
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 only173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTbRdMB0uov
