I've known heartbreak too,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6vulULFFU3
Though few who know me know it,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGRLreVwxL6
Longed for it to end.91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1fqvgAP2v
91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYwmF9Ik4bq
I've heard the sweet call,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CDeNl3Ufn
Whispered in my ear at times,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdjx2qzbVHj
For self-oblivion.91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk5P3FAOS9V
91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPtFvGntPOZ
But it always passed,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlHPlX9BHbk
Too many unfulfilled dreams,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXwI8IFFcXn
I could not let die.91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlElAuSLxgj
91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2XsADObyc
Though not a young girl,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9daDtLsOa
I still can relate to pain,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14JIrClX9d
That's too hard to bear.91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHchQ2Op3D
91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbecMbf11Bc
They bring tears of blood,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7syZSleK2O
Young colleagues' words with the pain,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbNThWEcPpK
They struggle to bear.91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUYabwqmTy1
91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbjxatvfsv
Doing themselves harm,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5K9aIl1cu
To escape the greater pain,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcoDVEgExds
Of their precious lives.91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNwtbR9tfU
91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNCQn4BcK8Q
I beg you each, please,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wYchg8XCZ
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpPlUH5fD9Y
No answers in them.91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGphw7OLMb
91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwHiePvBrU
The answer's in you,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBIRlNNG5fW
In that hidden spark buried,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43GSLQkxKD
Beneath all the pain.91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcp1Z3iUxhi
91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5CHf08Vx7k
Incredible YOU!91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrGVTcAqX3H
Unique, in the multiverse,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFoQFy8AP23
No other like you.91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJMa17QFfzR
91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡya71LVIT5z
No one with your skills,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg80vfszpv3
No other voice quite like yours,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ2zyQJvvq5
To sing us your truth.91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6DGZnSZOk
91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOnvHXUvAld
Boundless potential,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpjpXOolkU
Still a tiny, precious seed,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmdyPQCGQgq
Waiting to take root.91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrkdMMyhqdv
91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdt8Q4MRvlr
Life's fetid manure,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ36nU0HNd4
With tears of joy and sorrow,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg4anubmf9n
Will help you to bloom.91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOiEEhzlyDz
91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7q4qjGyTpE
The spark in your heart,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaS1UGbTiSE
Will burst into flame in time,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5OpTulRtg
Through your poetry.91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KM22Urfxv
91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyejBxJPhTe
Purifying all,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0bBdxfxPr
The specters and dark shadows,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVmKGGgIBX
That now haunt your nights.91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVFgNkVeuM
91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVmcDijk8u
Look in the mirror,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhqRr4p0ceW
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQPRiyNwXF7
To that ember's glow.91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbiY1Jf4ql9
91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpToEQw0FFq
And know you will bloom,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Dgtynu0EE
And your mighty bows will bear,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3OpjkVNarS
The sweetest of fruit.91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3g9hDIPQu
Though few who know me know it,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGRLreVwxL6
Longed for it to end.91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1fqvgAP2v
91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYwmF9Ik4bq
I've heard the sweet call,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CDeNl3Ufn
Whispered in my ear at times,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdjx2qzbVHj
For self-oblivion.91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk5P3FAOS9V
91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPtFvGntPOZ
But it always passed,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlHPlX9BHbk
Too many unfulfilled dreams,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXwI8IFFcXn
I could not let die.91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlElAuSLxgj
91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2XsADObyc
Though not a young girl,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9daDtLsOa
I still can relate to pain,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14JIrClX9d
That's too hard to bear.91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHchQ2Op3D
91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbecMbf11Bc
They bring tears of blood,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7syZSleK2O
Young colleagues' words with the pain,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbNThWEcPpK
They struggle to bear.91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUYabwqmTy1
91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbjxatvfsv
Doing themselves harm,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5K9aIl1cu
To escape the greater pain,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcoDVEgExds
Of their precious lives.91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNwtbR9tfU
91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNCQn4BcK8Q
I beg you each, please,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wYchg8XCZ
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpPlUH5fD9Y
No answers in them.91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGphw7OLMb
91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwHiePvBrU
The answer's in you,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBIRlNNG5fW
In that hidden spark buried,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43GSLQkxKD
Beneath all the pain.91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcp1Z3iUxhi
91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5CHf08Vx7k
Incredible YOU!91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrGVTcAqX3H
Unique, in the multiverse,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFoQFy8AP23
No other like you.91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJMa17QFfzR
91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡya71LVIT5z
No one with your skills,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg80vfszpv3
No other voice quite like yours,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ2zyQJvvq5
To sing us your truth.91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6DGZnSZOk
91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOnvHXUvAld
Boundless potential,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpjpXOolkU
Still a tiny, precious seed,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmdyPQCGQgq
Waiting to take root.91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrkdMMyhqdv
91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdt8Q4MRvlr
Life's fetid manure,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ36nU0HNd4
With tears of joy and sorrow,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg4anubmf9n
Will help you to bloom.91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOiEEhzlyDz
91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7q4qjGyTpE
The spark in your heart,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaS1UGbTiSE
Will burst into flame in time,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5OpTulRtg
Through your poetry.91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KM22Urfxv
91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyejBxJPhTe
Purifying all,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0bBdxfxPr
The specters and dark shadows,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVmKGGgIBX
That now haunt your nights.91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVFgNkVeuM
91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVmcDijk8u
Look in the mirror,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhqRr4p0ceW
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQPRiyNwXF7
To that ember's glow.91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbiY1Jf4ql9
91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpToEQw0FFq
And know you will bloom,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Dgtynu0EE
And your mighty bows will bear,91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3OpjkVNarS
The sweetest of fruit.91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3g9hDIPQu
91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYYA7oemr7
91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYwQmmsKNI1
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 only91Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJKbNAJuWU
and then Add to home screen.