I've known heartbreak too,103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbYLfcdMJ2m
Though few who know me know it,103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gNGlfGnPo
Longed for it to end.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡctR8r0glDD
103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡil8RjrqXqy
I've heard the sweet call,103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPbWTNcbhEz
Whispered in my ear at times,103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAyCqOskoc
For self-oblivion.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQD9iCwwwt
103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp98BdmeToB
But it always passed,103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBKP46LUBv
Too many unfulfilled dreams,103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMld8dtOzd6
I could not let die.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRDKRVxTvrb
103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgyzBHTmlGF
Though not a young girl,103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSP4NgsN04
I still can relate to pain,103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHkaOAnVHn6
That's too hard to bear.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUJoQSoMla
103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQKu0UmdIQ
They bring tears of blood,103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRd0btrcojZ
Young colleagues' words with the pain,103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhFL9jUKcNu
They struggle to bear.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnDbkLtO2kJ
103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUS9EnUDyNg
Doing themselves harm,103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnnJujaxUVS
To escape the greater pain,103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzDhCXg3L8
Of their precious lives.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU2SVGNJGxx
103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbvAZMsu7kL
I beg you each, please,103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4MREWhOe4
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PMVewF4rK
No answers in them.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZc7wSgpnaO
103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUhe2xTjqPA
The answer's in you,103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ19nk3q0JZw
In that hidden spark buried,103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnx0zUeoDsd
Beneath all the pain.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD9x0U7xLFF
103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2AKRglsCZB
Incredible YOU!103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0KZxcJWYD9
Unique, in the multiverse,103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlEc1k1IYGn
No other like you.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoj9liqYmPB
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No one with your skills,103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBISMiIBRhK
No other voice quite like yours,103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIpQnGD4L6u
To sing us your truth.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡitEZ7CgVhK
103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDgKeuTtUv
Boundless potential,103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1SxQTxKRw
Still a tiny, precious seed,103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz8GWSPAKia
Waiting to take root.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB8uDpiS61y
103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1z1ql7EcBi
Life's fetid manure,103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgfzaY0Rir
With tears of joy and sorrow,103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQoKpeft5I
Will help you to bloom.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡReW37yS1VJ
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The spark in your heart,103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvqOLZPkFGe
Will burst into flame in time,103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNReTnwju9
Through your poetry.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2i92e19UTm
103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKLdaEeBeqK
Purifying all,103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvMTOCTVhzG
The specters and dark shadows,103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEzn9avJtp0
That now haunt your nights.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP0W9XBdFlY
103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpyhBd1vKgF
Look in the mirror,103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2M3RTimRQh
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiEYhtMbfFC
To that ember's glow.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmXaBS5LfqP
103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3KGqn85CBe
And know you will bloom,103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSuB2VuI78
And your mighty bows will bear,103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxKisT4R2D
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.