I've known heartbreak too,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2N26c3c3B
Though few who know me know it,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnTzkvgeK5H
Longed for it to end.125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMrCmQVQ3P
125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyy5uva6L66
I've heard the sweet call,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkhISC4Pc6u
Whispered in my ear at times,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwWX2rkwwi
For self-oblivion.125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk38P2etvAV
125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGheSLkwFtw
But it always passed,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUe4y7wunDS
Too many unfulfilled dreams,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT6CW30AJSi
I could not let die.125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCp3WR5Pvhc
125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsj3xx4IEUf
Though not a young girl,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4KYKb3nXI
I still can relate to pain,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Q1UxMCRQe
That's too hard to bear.125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡISE9gPoopV
125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaq8Bi9CPkH
They bring tears of blood,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0CnOuArt7O
Young colleagues' words with the pain,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetFWeDmakN
They struggle to bear.125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTEuyeDQz4A
125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUgkHB9YyMe
Doing themselves harm,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk9yqo3pUzS
To escape the greater pain,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZ5Iq3fGef
Of their precious lives.125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdju0YVYFSO
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I beg you each, please,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj9zmjzYmpN
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVg1V5cRq51
No answers in them.125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyug1M8LQCI
125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaIZ21WmKj1
The answer's in you,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY7Bz16g9G5
In that hidden spark buried,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡayenb9BlWK
Beneath all the pain.125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZTZgX9vVp
125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPbJ10OdLMC
Incredible YOU!125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL5tl7TYvcV
Unique, in the multiverse,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivDvD3vgbj
No other like you.125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdngfgYIEZA
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No one with your skills,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDKPinFtiL
No other voice quite like yours,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzAR30coiN
To sing us your truth.125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpoWdTzs0K
125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2d6cGWxWHn
Boundless potential,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIP3uIUMqqu
Still a tiny, precious seed,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzfyCiOeBxS
Waiting to take root.125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn3zcFwD740
125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN84m7JEzZw
Life's fetid manure,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡscUrFBbUFe
With tears of joy and sorrow,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJvyC78yT3
Will help you to bloom.125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt6zMVue4Kw
125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpeDfWLEvmX
The spark in your heart,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGFZnHQod0
Will burst into flame in time,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSx1XgkMke
Through your poetry.125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvsdIo99K3C
125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNj3a2R5fAg
Purifying all,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIMywYm3uno
The specters and dark shadows,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk01BkA1Ets
That now haunt your nights.125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdTdArGj1AV
125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZSozLpokx
Look in the mirror,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm27ieDBJWQ
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3olOecTlbA
To that ember's glow.125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrONY7OvPSH
125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS3m90oMt5A
And know you will bloom,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCL8SUZTiKK
And your mighty bows will bear,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡciFGQlRwNy
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.