I've known heartbreak too,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡArjTk55Qeg
Though few who know me know it,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJY7Lopboil
Longed for it to end.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQAcfeKpxMi
27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIwdDMHwnqE
I've heard the sweet call,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡELBmPQKl1i
Whispered in my ear at times,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3wmnwB2cjH
For self-oblivion.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx51ZZIZfHh
27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fekqcFihB
But it always passed,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkV0y3bhN7Z
Too many unfulfilled dreams,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzG2RMNWTwY
I could not let die.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyPOAh8mKHS
27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbzU9iduEZX
Though not a young girl,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtgTMNR4YtC
I still can relate to pain,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEbyR2yIr0O
That's too hard to bear.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡykRE5lt0IL
27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDgkU2udmQR
They bring tears of blood,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjkVgrwSIoU
Young colleagues' words with the pain,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL6K5wjcxBj
They struggle to bear.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ec7KWO2Ep
27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQ941IH33w
Doing themselves harm,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3WfUsWBVzo
To escape the greater pain,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvB4gdyF1Z
Of their precious lives.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT91y9Dtjtw
27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44mkmMgMeJ
I beg you each, please,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96WgximXUg
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVaCXihGZOW
No answers in them.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS86OMnT5bW
27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPozdJWcEK
The answer's in you,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBtTDb9Hw2x
In that hidden spark buried,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfeoBhRa30j
Beneath all the pain.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDK1N4utgo
27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA1N6nZBSPY
Incredible YOU!27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTj8gsQYU5K
Unique, in the multiverse,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPJrjDUu8JP
No other like you.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7rds3pjyA
27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ423a8cpXmU
No one with your skills,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNZCK1F5En
No other voice quite like yours,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpvrClzAFL7
To sing us your truth.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAbLTfRSfrD
27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaXlu1KjOej
Boundless potential,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6jJbhKCrR
Still a tiny, precious seed,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu35YSQfxjg
Waiting to take root.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡByI88XxtfN
27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJMpOFkX4Qw
Life's fetid manure,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJdbW4jMHT
With tears of joy and sorrow,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu0x8P1a9p8
Will help you to bloom.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKHq8MhYpZl
27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsMhaLdfc5x
The spark in your heart,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5aTH5fefaR
Will burst into flame in time,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTXdLmgaZl
Through your poetry.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡejcaPH0J02
27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSUuyXi7kp
Purifying all,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLP1MRch5Xb
The specters and dark shadows,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4TZn3sAE3E
That now haunt your nights.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPEJ6zCtCS
27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwvOsKK2guT
Look in the mirror,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBD9lZas6ii
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYO4Cia2Nj
To that ember's glow.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXBiEZoKDPC
27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBRU6Apw65
And know you will bloom,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlPa8rAVMT
And your mighty bows will bear,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyEs82088P8
The sweetest of fruit.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNQvt8x0LX
Though few who know me know it,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJY7Lopboil
Longed for it to end.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQAcfeKpxMi
27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIwdDMHwnqE
I've heard the sweet call,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡELBmPQKl1i
Whispered in my ear at times,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3wmnwB2cjH
For self-oblivion.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx51ZZIZfHh
27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fekqcFihB
But it always passed,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkV0y3bhN7Z
Too many unfulfilled dreams,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzG2RMNWTwY
I could not let die.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyPOAh8mKHS
27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbzU9iduEZX
Though not a young girl,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtgTMNR4YtC
I still can relate to pain,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEbyR2yIr0O
That's too hard to bear.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡykRE5lt0IL
27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDgkU2udmQR
They bring tears of blood,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjkVgrwSIoU
Young colleagues' words with the pain,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL6K5wjcxBj
They struggle to bear.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ec7KWO2Ep
27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQ941IH33w
Doing themselves harm,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3WfUsWBVzo
To escape the greater pain,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvB4gdyF1Z
Of their precious lives.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT91y9Dtjtw
27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44mkmMgMeJ
I beg you each, please,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96WgximXUg
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVaCXihGZOW
No answers in them.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS86OMnT5bW
27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPozdJWcEK
The answer's in you,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBtTDb9Hw2x
In that hidden spark buried,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfeoBhRa30j
Beneath all the pain.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDK1N4utgo
27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA1N6nZBSPY
Incredible YOU!27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTj8gsQYU5K
Unique, in the multiverse,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPJrjDUu8JP
No other like you.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7rds3pjyA
27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ423a8cpXmU
No one with your skills,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNZCK1F5En
No other voice quite like yours,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpvrClzAFL7
To sing us your truth.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAbLTfRSfrD
27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaXlu1KjOej
Boundless potential,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6jJbhKCrR
Still a tiny, precious seed,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu35YSQfxjg
Waiting to take root.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡByI88XxtfN
27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJMpOFkX4Qw
Life's fetid manure,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJdbW4jMHT
With tears of joy and sorrow,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu0x8P1a9p8
Will help you to bloom.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKHq8MhYpZl
27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsMhaLdfc5x
The spark in your heart,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5aTH5fefaR
Will burst into flame in time,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTXdLmgaZl
Through your poetry.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡejcaPH0J02
27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSUuyXi7kp
Purifying all,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLP1MRch5Xb
The specters and dark shadows,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4TZn3sAE3E
That now haunt your nights.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPEJ6zCtCS
27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwvOsKK2guT
Look in the mirror,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBD9lZas6ii
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYO4Cia2Nj
To that ember's glow.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXBiEZoKDPC
27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBRU6Apw65
And know you will bloom,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlPa8rAVMT
And your mighty bows will bear,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyEs82088P8
The sweetest of fruit.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNQvt8x0LX
27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhBgGiYmaKn
27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgms4c2t7wT
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 only27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8DbLPofqIR
