I've known heartbreak too,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJnBNduCbvu
Though few who know me know it,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqx6pupHsWk
Longed for it to end.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpPJiHxbbIS
45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyVtHdjntE
I've heard the sweet call,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSPoxpvjCc
Whispered in my ear at times,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5UIRajB77
For self-oblivion.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFewjWxwHrx
45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrDPrP6ANzh
But it always passed,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv3Nlbnr7QP
Too many unfulfilled dreams,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNoX2oQxBZ5
I could not let die.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcFodyLHOH
45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuVOqkstv4K
Though not a young girl,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJhnEcmkUlX
I still can relate to pain,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoVYCTEcwOn
That's too hard to bear.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUm4VWWyQTx
45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXMWWbeoRvo
They bring tears of blood,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVtMNLgDx6x
Young colleagues' words with the pain,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrpGJudlqVm
They struggle to bear.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhrFHwzDdSW
45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvsily1ksDW
Doing themselves harm,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJqGMy4iWy1
To escape the greater pain,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ZyniZLNGg
Of their precious lives.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdlBARoTvSl
45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgdDMx119h
I beg you each, please,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdf5VgKtJU
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB8QKlyjDM0
No answers in them.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPxlQ4brMc
45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gZCJKSFiu
The answer's in you,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbukVIiPY4j
In that hidden spark buried,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtHIAYiY1O
Beneath all the pain.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFgCQa67LL
45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1todbOE91
Incredible YOU!45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQfZLhimZg
Unique, in the multiverse,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ62aKNTdZR
No other like you.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZgEwL3Eqo
45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWWJtQEf9m
No one with your skills,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFMN6DKHdi
No other voice quite like yours,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCAdOhPmpH
To sing us your truth.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDuRyqkn4Ej
45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFDYdJKdvu
Boundless potential,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOTGlTpNXlc
Still a tiny, precious seed,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7vPLcYSh2
Waiting to take root.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJcqQXg206w
45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ45ngqGpRsZ
Life's fetid manure,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdwDYZncft
With tears of joy and sorrow,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg9s7RUoU4t
Will help you to bloom.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡofpWBKEU84
45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe9CaU5uiDe
The spark in your heart,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrfIOImiWKi
Will burst into flame in time,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8tjMYXbUS
Through your poetry.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXW7kkVQXrx
45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSt5Acqt61J
Purifying all,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxGNnJln27m
The specters and dark shadows,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7DpjNlsgPK
That now haunt your nights.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHS53xwLGrQ
45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ha77oZ3RC
Look in the mirror,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeNyJ24OqFX
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYrF9VsNOO
To that ember's glow.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkJtsLTzzT
45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCAnuny9yK
And know you will bloom,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGKvbXUMyOg
And your mighty bows will bear,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmaW8x1hHE2
The sweetest of fruit.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMalrtU2al
Though few who know me know it,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqx6pupHsWk
Longed for it to end.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpPJiHxbbIS
45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyVtHdjntE
I've heard the sweet call,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSPoxpvjCc
Whispered in my ear at times,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5UIRajB77
For self-oblivion.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFewjWxwHrx
45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrDPrP6ANzh
But it always passed,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv3Nlbnr7QP
Too many unfulfilled dreams,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNoX2oQxBZ5
I could not let die.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcFodyLHOH
45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuVOqkstv4K
Though not a young girl,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJhnEcmkUlX
I still can relate to pain,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoVYCTEcwOn
That's too hard to bear.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUm4VWWyQTx
45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXMWWbeoRvo
They bring tears of blood,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVtMNLgDx6x
Young colleagues' words with the pain,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrpGJudlqVm
They struggle to bear.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhrFHwzDdSW
45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvsily1ksDW
Doing themselves harm,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJqGMy4iWy1
To escape the greater pain,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ZyniZLNGg
Of their precious lives.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdlBARoTvSl
45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgdDMx119h
I beg you each, please,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdf5VgKtJU
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB8QKlyjDM0
No answers in them.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPxlQ4brMc
45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gZCJKSFiu
The answer's in you,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbukVIiPY4j
In that hidden spark buried,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtHIAYiY1O
Beneath all the pain.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFgCQa67LL
45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1todbOE91
Incredible YOU!45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQfZLhimZg
Unique, in the multiverse,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ62aKNTdZR
No other like you.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZgEwL3Eqo
45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWWJtQEf9m
No one with your skills,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFMN6DKHdi
No other voice quite like yours,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCAdOhPmpH
To sing us your truth.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDuRyqkn4Ej
45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFDYdJKdvu
Boundless potential,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOTGlTpNXlc
Still a tiny, precious seed,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7vPLcYSh2
Waiting to take root.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJcqQXg206w
45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ45ngqGpRsZ
Life's fetid manure,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdwDYZncft
With tears of joy and sorrow,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg9s7RUoU4t
Will help you to bloom.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡofpWBKEU84
45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe9CaU5uiDe
The spark in your heart,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrfIOImiWKi
Will burst into flame in time,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8tjMYXbUS
Through your poetry.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXW7kkVQXrx
45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSt5Acqt61J
Purifying all,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxGNnJln27m
The specters and dark shadows,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7DpjNlsgPK
That now haunt your nights.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHS53xwLGrQ
45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ha77oZ3RC
Look in the mirror,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeNyJ24OqFX
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYrF9VsNOO
To that ember's glow.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkJtsLTzzT
45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCAnuny9yK
And know you will bloom,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGKvbXUMyOg
And your mighty bows will bear,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmaW8x1hHE2
The sweetest of fruit.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMalrtU2al
45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSikfCVK5E2
45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1at5yTzOw
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 only45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEX9hC6SEpj
