I've known heartbreak too,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKyJzmnuh06
Though few who know me know it,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtFsaubG23g
Longed for it to end.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj7w83yAApf
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUqDQS59SN
I've heard the sweet call,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIfiWMIo5rP
Whispered in my ear at times,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1A7RNe9xU
For self-oblivion.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfSpl6mkLj
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGl8PIvnUyO
But it always passed,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFgklmy36c
Too many unfulfilled dreams,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJnPInP4dE
I could not let die.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSTwC4j1YG
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3X94EUMngr
Though not a young girl,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMMk3STiMBY
I still can relate to pain,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ38V2yqVpra
That's too hard to bear.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhDsDjFIxi9
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6WHS7CvZc
They bring tears of blood,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbp6qIgGTXC
Young colleagues' words with the pain,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQdmAPh75n
They struggle to bear.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8vgyq4YBf2
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi3ONZC1hFB
Doing themselves harm,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgjwjkgYR2a
To escape the greater pain,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXryzOv3wIN
Of their precious lives.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNqmEA4OOal
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN48L3ZI0J2
I beg you each, please,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2W0ybKptvx
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwp7Kt4Zq7B
No answers in them.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZKyRbTBya6
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Qi7GZGYRq
The answer's in you,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5gfBTiQ5Em
In that hidden spark buried,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmOrXYDjMZ
Beneath all the pain.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUTvikKWuIQ
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWsu0BeCtFs
Incredible YOU!109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtwBo9GKoF
Unique, in the multiverse,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1mNuLlgMBO
No other like you.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB16AzBBADm
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJMgQs8tuF
No one with your skills,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Dhfe3tVv4
No other voice quite like yours,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoAEH4mJT1k
To sing us your truth.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHa29r8XiYj
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOZ1BKxeKQV
Boundless potential,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIxDTmO4JK0
Still a tiny, precious seed,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjYtqziGet9
Waiting to take root.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7wE83vurIM
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVUKb1ZOfxn
Life's fetid manure,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2R5kOJodU
With tears of joy and sorrow,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkw7FCqD7DI
Will help you to bloom.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcX83LpDAjL
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1uHj7i2CBg
The spark in your heart,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8tQSD72EXj
Will burst into flame in time,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefTk2aIS5z
Through your poetry.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8VU6drYDIo
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKkBp0pLKr9
Purifying all,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpccfNA8Bjz
The specters and dark shadows,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwVQPjEsJsl
That now haunt your nights.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrXvAihqqIt
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0UDEcVqzaB
Look in the mirror,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjIfpCczsP9
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNCcYdh59Z
To that ember's glow.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhM118XtOnK
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7oyCrp7Y39
And know you will bloom,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefWd53Kj2o
And your mighty bows will bear,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQk5ECbARoE
The sweetest of fruit.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw2i3KdMoHD
Though few who know me know it,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtFsaubG23g
Longed for it to end.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj7w83yAApf
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUqDQS59SN
I've heard the sweet call,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIfiWMIo5rP
Whispered in my ear at times,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1A7RNe9xU
For self-oblivion.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfSpl6mkLj
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGl8PIvnUyO
But it always passed,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFgklmy36c
Too many unfulfilled dreams,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJnPInP4dE
I could not let die.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSTwC4j1YG
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3X94EUMngr
Though not a young girl,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMMk3STiMBY
I still can relate to pain,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ38V2yqVpra
That's too hard to bear.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhDsDjFIxi9
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6WHS7CvZc
They bring tears of blood,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbp6qIgGTXC
Young colleagues' words with the pain,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQdmAPh75n
They struggle to bear.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8vgyq4YBf2
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi3ONZC1hFB
Doing themselves harm,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgjwjkgYR2a
To escape the greater pain,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXryzOv3wIN
Of their precious lives.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNqmEA4OOal
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN48L3ZI0J2
I beg you each, please,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2W0ybKptvx
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwp7Kt4Zq7B
No answers in them.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZKyRbTBya6
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Qi7GZGYRq
The answer's in you,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5gfBTiQ5Em
In that hidden spark buried,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmOrXYDjMZ
Beneath all the pain.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUTvikKWuIQ
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWsu0BeCtFs
Incredible YOU!109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtwBo9GKoF
Unique, in the multiverse,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1mNuLlgMBO
No other like you.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB16AzBBADm
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJMgQs8tuF
No one with your skills,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Dhfe3tVv4
No other voice quite like yours,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoAEH4mJT1k
To sing us your truth.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHa29r8XiYj
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOZ1BKxeKQV
Boundless potential,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIxDTmO4JK0
Still a tiny, precious seed,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjYtqziGet9
Waiting to take root.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7wE83vurIM
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVUKb1ZOfxn
Life's fetid manure,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2R5kOJodU
With tears of joy and sorrow,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkw7FCqD7DI
Will help you to bloom.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcX83LpDAjL
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1uHj7i2CBg
The spark in your heart,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8tQSD72EXj
Will burst into flame in time,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefTk2aIS5z
Through your poetry.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8VU6drYDIo
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKkBp0pLKr9
Purifying all,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpccfNA8Bjz
The specters and dark shadows,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwVQPjEsJsl
That now haunt your nights.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrXvAihqqIt
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0UDEcVqzaB
Look in the mirror,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjIfpCczsP9
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNCcYdh59Z
To that ember's glow.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhM118XtOnK
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7oyCrp7Y39
And know you will bloom,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefWd53Kj2o
And your mighty bows will bear,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQk5ECbARoE
The sweetest of fruit.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw2i3KdMoHD
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2S5yDWsIe
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa8JOuJ1P3C
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 only109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5pJeYpfrF
