I've known heartbreak too,127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUk8HmQWNyL
Though few who know me know it,127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBwJh8Dirf
Longed for it to end.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD0SUmeeyQZ
127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdjHjGrNHt
I've heard the sweet call,127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07LXGgsx2g
Whispered in my ear at times,127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFymOmPejk2
For self-oblivion.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1cRSTXShzx
127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAmtX7DzyuH
But it always passed,127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYYPvjKj3FB
Too many unfulfilled dreams,127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXlyqyKdJE
I could not let die.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvcAmwMAkHg
127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡytA5F09YNy
Though not a young girl,127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXINt41RM3Q
I still can relate to pain,127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvyd04Yriah
That's too hard to bear.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1N3lU3KzOu
127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhiCvULRUtG
They bring tears of blood,127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVz6tx8e3rS
Young colleagues' words with the pain,127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvoPk0rWbeS
They struggle to bear.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpxBGt0BUiu
127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPtl7yj7j1H
Doing themselves harm,127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5GkkgcMBt
To escape the greater pain,127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrkQZcyAtkX
Of their precious lives.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡilqM9dSRdt
127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJiWONDGos
I beg you each, please,127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbsJbOAGr8
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtOFCc9ET3t
No answers in them.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOuPUYpppB
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The answer's in you,127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7vmysMLEUf
In that hidden spark buried,127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIk2AFxGNFh
Beneath all the pain.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK2QANTrJyT
127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM4IvzVFs9V
Incredible YOU!127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF3diXt8vpq
Unique, in the multiverse,127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbrcgZIH4F
No other like you.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSljhVOKd4N
127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6GE0IRbG4l
No one with your skills,127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAPDhh35qI
No other voice quite like yours,127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAR9Let8WoQ
To sing us your truth.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTWJI57ocDd
127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk4sRCB1Yph
Boundless potential,127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0HngposV1C
Still a tiny, precious seed,127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOWW6exEZ9m
Waiting to take root.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWss7xPuyHP
127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO3BnMYybZq
Life's fetid manure,127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWfcvDmMBJj
With tears of joy and sorrow,127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQElMrba4n
Will help you to bloom.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdaJ1yQlTZZ
127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO0lP9ustqy
The spark in your heart,127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLmQSdE3ekR
Will burst into flame in time,127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5T5c760xOZ
Through your poetry.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjrieyXUmFo
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Purifying all,127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVj5u0LjWTs
The specters and dark shadows,127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXnMPSzhlB6
That now haunt your nights.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvEi1oAlwk
127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkVB97hjoMt
Look in the mirror,127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXlFuivys1
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSpc4NQNpf
To that ember's glow.127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVT4AK5xJkv
127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt86cAKB4n0
And know you will bloom,127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPE5IEyAy7O
And your mighty bows will bear,127Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRH9tBYrlnH
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.