I've known heartbreak too,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrm2S5mUyKE
Though few who know me know it,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2QioMk9LW
Longed for it to end.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjtE24dve8
54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dyNDTQcNc
I've heard the sweet call,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6W1XhDUPCA
Whispered in my ear at times,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZLk39hEpna
For self-oblivion.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFFD8TKttWZ
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But it always passed,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkO2iT1sBKU
Too many unfulfilled dreams,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8GHJMYV4OA
I could not let die.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgqT2uwVSe
54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ86kqT0Y14x
Though not a young girl,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjEWS56UlP6
I still can relate to pain,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpoafX4RQFP
That's too hard to bear.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡofCCwnW12H
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They bring tears of blood,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBjRjacP4oa
Young colleagues' words with the pain,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgo07YuHEBT
They struggle to bear.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1DtoLB5QfN
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Doing themselves harm,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzH7792Yqll
To escape the greater pain,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWhzumvuc44
Of their precious lives.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xjTe5Bpw2
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I beg you each, please,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9a8Cek9JC
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeolEiBhx3l
No answers in them.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcekf6g6ck4
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The answer's in you,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0m4iWAuN8
In that hidden spark buried,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjuKNJbY0Co
Beneath all the pain.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8o3Z2y3W92
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Incredible YOU!54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgHkCKdYx8
Unique, in the multiverse,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj4vLPNFwHs
No other like you.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ475CSDwjBr
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No one with your skills,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPOQXlZFUU0
No other voice quite like yours,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdLdC7ggLcl
To sing us your truth.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3CoxZb8aCe
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Boundless potential,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJVSkUG0tU
Still a tiny, precious seed,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90aPKn6cnB
Waiting to take root.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFuAq0jsbg
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Life's fetid manure,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcC0kZ8zAnT
With tears of joy and sorrow,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuv6kQUch5G
Will help you to bloom.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIQSArxZOHJ
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The spark in your heart,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjCigzJPQi
Will burst into flame in time,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmfLNwfjbcI
Through your poetry.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRNImlRn5ln
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Purifying all,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qe7ORmkpg
The specters and dark shadows,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyMfJfDhiAt
That now haunt your nights.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLT6ZuHs4y4
54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfRRrUziMZ
Look in the mirror,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeA1lgbTg8m
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm71mSodJYd
To that ember's glow.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYIzjOE1iZ
54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0TPHaosIc
And know you will bloom,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJZSaY4X30
And your mighty bows will bear,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNpza5HCYuW
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.