I've known heartbreak too,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeO5xQYmci8
Though few who know me know it,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH3ny7Wcb1N
Longed for it to end.102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpBkqzF0DEe
102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zSCcCdPKH
I've heard the sweet call,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡergpdSexNE
Whispered in my ear at times,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgv4XUIngaT
For self-oblivion.102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXVZyE9xbC
102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9J79yJlYW
But it always passed,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbXLyDxt236
Too many unfulfilled dreams,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxexpakdsWf
I could not let die.102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7GFxwk2Ql0
102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMNl66Acv7y
Though not a young girl,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHk772xtapm
I still can relate to pain,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0oKttEmG3Q
That's too hard to bear.102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7q57eHOF11
102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8bl9mqhDfv
They bring tears of blood,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLpdtC2JPw5
Young colleagues' words with the pain,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60srduXmxT
They struggle to bear.102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRyEh1mPve
102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqLkkxJ5Si
Doing themselves harm,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHXZbEbTEqh
To escape the greater pain,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡooZaSL41FM
Of their precious lives.102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFE9Z9ZYWM
102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq4kCx3uIZk
I beg you each, please,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtFu6G9Ci17
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg59Xfu8TUf
No answers in them.102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs70Ckxj0dE
102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡElTc799STQ
The answer's in you,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPKuZPNeS4n
In that hidden spark buried,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dtTJJCNMq
Beneath all the pain.102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD3zFz2iW88
102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbj6QBSlqib
Incredible YOU!102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuaXYQXyv6o
Unique, in the multiverse,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnvutZ2dGw6
No other like you.102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9c55YGMaM
102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEkOEH95nNW
No one with your skills,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZ4jaPGCwM
No other voice quite like yours,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1cMjKhnMBW
To sing us your truth.102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzt3nhQFMX
102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ98JOzy5fzV
Boundless potential,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡukTY5zn4Am
Still a tiny, precious seed,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡouql6cgBAw
Waiting to take root.102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJU1bjwbl8
102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡesI7jpqBRn
Life's fetid manure,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCh9aZHp5j
With tears of joy and sorrow,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl1WXbgHSK8
Will help you to bloom.102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAMtIspngT
102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAc0DXUTaqT
The spark in your heart,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb9q3fFjMpD
Will burst into flame in time,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOPOwZxZ6xM
Through your poetry.102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqFGq7wkw38
102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa1nRrYj2tb
Purifying all,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrbI8AEo1VM
The specters and dark shadows,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDTHm7DVsfz
That now haunt your nights.102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60hm5gmOsz
102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWfxxWlq09q
Look in the mirror,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAt1Ui6THuh
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZchau7GZcK
To that ember's glow.102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBu9mmr2Lc
102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCs4eUI6vdp
And know you will bloom,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTfiXv3NJm
And your mighty bows will bear,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWii6NO0FzX
The sweetest of fruit.102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtsBy1qbvyy
Though few who know me know it,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH3ny7Wcb1N
Longed for it to end.102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpBkqzF0DEe
102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zSCcCdPKH
I've heard the sweet call,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡergpdSexNE
Whispered in my ear at times,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgv4XUIngaT
For self-oblivion.102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXVZyE9xbC
102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9J79yJlYW
But it always passed,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbXLyDxt236
Too many unfulfilled dreams,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxexpakdsWf
I could not let die.102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7GFxwk2Ql0
102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMNl66Acv7y
Though not a young girl,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHk772xtapm
I still can relate to pain,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0oKttEmG3Q
That's too hard to bear.102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7q57eHOF11
102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8bl9mqhDfv
They bring tears of blood,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLpdtC2JPw5
Young colleagues' words with the pain,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60srduXmxT
They struggle to bear.102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRyEh1mPve
102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqLkkxJ5Si
Doing themselves harm,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHXZbEbTEqh
To escape the greater pain,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡooZaSL41FM
Of their precious lives.102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFE9Z9ZYWM
102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq4kCx3uIZk
I beg you each, please,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtFu6G9Ci17
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg59Xfu8TUf
No answers in them.102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs70Ckxj0dE
102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡElTc799STQ
The answer's in you,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPKuZPNeS4n
In that hidden spark buried,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dtTJJCNMq
Beneath all the pain.102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD3zFz2iW88
102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbj6QBSlqib
Incredible YOU!102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuaXYQXyv6o
Unique, in the multiverse,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnvutZ2dGw6
No other like you.102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9c55YGMaM
102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEkOEH95nNW
No one with your skills,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZ4jaPGCwM
No other voice quite like yours,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1cMjKhnMBW
To sing us your truth.102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzt3nhQFMX
102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ98JOzy5fzV
Boundless potential,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡukTY5zn4Am
Still a tiny, precious seed,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡouql6cgBAw
Waiting to take root.102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJU1bjwbl8
102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡesI7jpqBRn
Life's fetid manure,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCh9aZHp5j
With tears of joy and sorrow,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl1WXbgHSK8
Will help you to bloom.102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAMtIspngT
102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAc0DXUTaqT
The spark in your heart,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb9q3fFjMpD
Will burst into flame in time,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOPOwZxZ6xM
Through your poetry.102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqFGq7wkw38
102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa1nRrYj2tb
Purifying all,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrbI8AEo1VM
The specters and dark shadows,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDTHm7DVsfz
That now haunt your nights.102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60hm5gmOsz
102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWfxxWlq09q
Look in the mirror,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAt1Ui6THuh
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZchau7GZcK
To that ember's glow.102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBu9mmr2Lc
102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCs4eUI6vdp
And know you will bloom,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTfiXv3NJm
And your mighty bows will bear,102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWii6NO0FzX
The sweetest of fruit.102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtsBy1qbvyy
102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVhbNNPyOb
102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGbMM5CTSI
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 only102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxGUZE7Nq3M
