I've known heartbreak too,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡshIoyDd7NB
Though few who know me know it,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJPdGPEnlY
Longed for it to end.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZRka7X96vI
105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNYyaIjxX6
I've heard the sweet call,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpR94FqjYzn
Whispered in my ear at times,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoIOdDEFRLC
For self-oblivion.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH30hhZDVQv
105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuWwmZxdjvj
But it always passed,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFaMyTO0NDz
Too many unfulfilled dreams,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡesoKVGcBNA
I could not let die.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTvHliX8NS
105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrKXQ7CdyP
Though not a young girl,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSQ1b4aXvq
I still can relate to pain,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtl37dkJ28B
That's too hard to bear.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr89AmzzyC1
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They bring tears of blood,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVsr6xd0GnD
Young colleagues' words with the pain,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSwC7giobdb
They struggle to bear.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtpxYwJFzSL
105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnxwv7USqnO
Doing themselves harm,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVAT0dmEWh
To escape the greater pain,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKwY0dQ5do5
Of their precious lives.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJJVr9meFi
105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQthEPi6LU9
I beg you each, please,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj24f51863f
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbEFk7NXkcQ
No answers in them.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShNvMMEQeS
105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbn2dm4tVtw
The answer's in you,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIMFJwtrlyi
In that hidden spark buried,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85ChnjzQFM
Beneath all the pain.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0apCOzCeMa
105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGUYmhtV7NC
Incredible YOU!105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhNgoSxXzN
Unique, in the multiverse,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpE4mWgXmyT
No other like you.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9hZ24HPYxM
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No one with your skills,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Yf116EQrQ
No other voice quite like yours,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2819c0MU2g
To sing us your truth.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDc6jtjIN0R
105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9EM7OJMbP
Boundless potential,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcTNTmHAKEa
Still a tiny, precious seed,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwL1qrUToAS
Waiting to take root.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIdcowsrJv
105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1JD8Kg0qw2
Life's fetid manure,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJ2iT47CNk
With tears of joy and sorrow,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9IGLRNRLx
Will help you to bloom.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMqOBQDkSLv
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The spark in your heart,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7TUnvpPfwG
Will burst into flame in time,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJURbuOTGr
Through your poetry.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFYasrWWvb
105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7HFjSSSYR
Purifying all,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6aLxSgb0wh
The specters and dark shadows,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1LTC7fbBbN
That now haunt your nights.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyboBFru0t5
105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjsD9yXmlD
Look in the mirror,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgpC8JZTb6
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7rRQsYxNY
To that ember's glow.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXvUr7iBzg
105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcAT7JBej1I
And know you will bloom,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw71vKyIkoR
And your mighty bows will bear,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGAF41LzXR
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.