I've known heartbreak too,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuohrKEdliK
Though few who know me know it,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpcNp06NJEz
Longed for it to end.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6yBK4a6l4
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6X62buiZFD
I've heard the sweet call,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ36IseyUhYR
Whispered in my ear at times,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHYvC56IEQP
For self-oblivion.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxZ0x2BFdv
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnY9qjkW1gT
But it always passed,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxqCQ3Lxmf9
Too many unfulfilled dreams,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJ3obHXHNC
I could not let die.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOqEc6ojKq
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo5GBu9v74n
Though not a young girl,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMY0KH4lJ8E
I still can relate to pain,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZjhXy8dHv8
That's too hard to bear.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfT9DsF9Zuj
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1sZbd1owF
They bring tears of blood,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTVMTJV1OP5
Young colleagues' words with the pain,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRDNgajCxvV
They struggle to bear.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVSZ5AQAMHc
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LzgICN9sT
Doing themselves harm,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XvJr0uKJN
To escape the greater pain,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjds4Bcyd8C
Of their precious lives.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt5zXRzP3xY
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAG8ZO5EYXw
I beg you each, please,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtea9A9qcZy
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFHKVazhaQ
No answers in them.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwwWaKKS5G
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpuDEO0AOwP
The answer's in you,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9F81aXCxIk
In that hidden spark buried,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHL6z2QjNS
Beneath all the pain.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRWSEY0nTS
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQOLiVFsYj
Incredible YOU!75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDp3kuCUyP1
Unique, in the multiverse,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vWPUt5KEt
No other like you.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe6BAVBoCmZ
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWhdj4wxQfP
No one with your skills,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYIUiGjtVFE
No other voice quite like yours,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8nzlfNJyZ0
To sing us your truth.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0yLu2UH4c7
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUHfhsEVjs
Boundless potential,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7tAGefcGV
Still a tiny, precious seed,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8EOC93eupp
Waiting to take root.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmd7FYsaJq
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqp0WYgsYiT
Life's fetid manure,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQnAD3vqH7
With tears of joy and sorrow,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPYxbzrdTWc
Will help you to bloom.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTCmSe3p3A
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1j7ruU29i
The spark in your heart,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwoZyhmpjFu
Will burst into flame in time,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUnaPyHMvD
Through your poetry.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQm5De4Vgw
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPTOX8sPiN
Purifying all,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdtO2OEPVRV
The specters and dark shadows,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLJsjM6ukOD
That now haunt your nights.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTaSV4EiwGw
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbvE7tAFO52
Look in the mirror,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡACUV1um3uS
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWrLehV3vE
To that ember's glow.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh3oQwoJUpK
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRo55LL9tPk
And know you will bloom,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVPYmGoBhj
And your mighty bows will bear,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcu1QbXX6ko
The sweetest of fruit.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLuHPntwjEP
Though few who know me know it,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpcNp06NJEz
Longed for it to end.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6yBK4a6l4
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6X62buiZFD
I've heard the sweet call,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ36IseyUhYR
Whispered in my ear at times,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHYvC56IEQP
For self-oblivion.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxZ0x2BFdv
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnY9qjkW1gT
But it always passed,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxqCQ3Lxmf9
Too many unfulfilled dreams,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJ3obHXHNC
I could not let die.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOqEc6ojKq
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo5GBu9v74n
Though not a young girl,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMY0KH4lJ8E
I still can relate to pain,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZjhXy8dHv8
That's too hard to bear.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfT9DsF9Zuj
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1sZbd1owF
They bring tears of blood,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTVMTJV1OP5
Young colleagues' words with the pain,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRDNgajCxvV
They struggle to bear.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVSZ5AQAMHc
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LzgICN9sT
Doing themselves harm,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XvJr0uKJN
To escape the greater pain,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjds4Bcyd8C
Of their precious lives.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt5zXRzP3xY
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAG8ZO5EYXw
I beg you each, please,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtea9A9qcZy
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFHKVazhaQ
No answers in them.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwwWaKKS5G
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpuDEO0AOwP
The answer's in you,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9F81aXCxIk
In that hidden spark buried,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHL6z2QjNS
Beneath all the pain.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRWSEY0nTS
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQOLiVFsYj
Incredible YOU!75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDp3kuCUyP1
Unique, in the multiverse,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vWPUt5KEt
No other like you.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe6BAVBoCmZ
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWhdj4wxQfP
No one with your skills,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYIUiGjtVFE
No other voice quite like yours,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8nzlfNJyZ0
To sing us your truth.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0yLu2UH4c7
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUHfhsEVjs
Boundless potential,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7tAGefcGV
Still a tiny, precious seed,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8EOC93eupp
Waiting to take root.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmd7FYsaJq
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqp0WYgsYiT
Life's fetid manure,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQnAD3vqH7
With tears of joy and sorrow,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPYxbzrdTWc
Will help you to bloom.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTCmSe3p3A
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1j7ruU29i
The spark in your heart,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwoZyhmpjFu
Will burst into flame in time,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUnaPyHMvD
Through your poetry.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQm5De4Vgw
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPTOX8sPiN
Purifying all,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdtO2OEPVRV
The specters and dark shadows,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLJsjM6ukOD
That now haunt your nights.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTaSV4EiwGw
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbvE7tAFO52
Look in the mirror,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡACUV1um3uS
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWrLehV3vE
To that ember's glow.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh3oQwoJUpK
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRo55LL9tPk
And know you will bloom,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVPYmGoBhj
And your mighty bows will bear,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcu1QbXX6ko
The sweetest of fruit.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLuHPntwjEP
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKLb4paYZIv
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT1VKPJ3H7j
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 only75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdtADbNhtR4
