I've known heartbreak too,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM3cnhJKITd
Though few who know me know it,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQPB479w83K
Longed for it to end.58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡguXnhHhctZ
58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgwvi2bs461
I've heard the sweet call,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡui87YpZy6s
Whispered in my ear at times,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGBml4vMxC
For self-oblivion.58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1UgPrjma5r
58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPmu4XxITB
But it always passed,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQ1YOINt9Q
Too many unfulfilled dreams,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6njIWAN4xH
I could not let die.58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhUDhGbYH8k
58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBj7XkNPM0
Though not a young girl,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZWiGZGfwQ
I still can relate to pain,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3GloUcx9Nv
That's too hard to bear.58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡntv3VrNsAB
58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡes29PjuPzT
They bring tears of blood,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHN0zWq77nv
Young colleagues' words with the pain,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKI4J4kLsq3
They struggle to bear.58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYUDMhKvHn4
58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPj7zPbTHk1
Doing themselves harm,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJnbKkj7LO
To escape the greater pain,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrEyR5RwPBL
Of their precious lives.58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHDyQnU6ZO
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I beg you each, please,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwlE6W04ItD
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3bgayT9nE
No answers in them.58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu4blBTygoh
58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5bDojQhba
The answer's in you,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡezjiHYFWTE
In that hidden spark buried,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxGWfbOwrNg
Beneath all the pain.58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bk1CoUTsC
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Incredible YOU!58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3Wlz7sSUk
Unique, in the multiverse,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoiyLHmGunH
No other like you.58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbfYk4RDIl
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No one with your skills,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1uFNzRolC
No other voice quite like yours,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNg9h6NcbfE
To sing us your truth.58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoRFxVH6cH0
58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00dIUVHxo5
Boundless potential,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRkNQe8Kog3
Still a tiny, precious seed,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPwf5pCinf
Waiting to take root.58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwoYQPtP4Bp
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Life's fetid manure,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrir0JJNdKr
With tears of joy and sorrow,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoCz8sICVTH
Will help you to bloom.58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUNE8I1sjyD
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The spark in your heart,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDjgQIg2b3
Will burst into flame in time,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgJidSTWus
Through your poetry.58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpruVDN2Fda
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Purifying all,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEoYnuSVpO
The specters and dark shadows,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVFozBjbHTf
That now haunt your nights.58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSl4kYg3Uk5
58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFieI8QTGtT
Look in the mirror,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkS4YZielxR
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK4YjFWXrpk
To that ember's glow.58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwbaZwMlkVS
58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJcDwD1yi6j
And know you will bloom,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0HwdymbdyI
And your mighty bows will bear,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4hfFJ6MZEF
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.