I've known heartbreak too,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7k8pfmIZIs
Though few who know me know it,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZKvEjbQ4W
Longed for it to end.86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34GkSBrEbD
86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaGJP2nXE47
I've heard the sweet call,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh1yFAwJAfu
Whispered in my ear at times,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25SpB8oOmR
For self-oblivion.86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdxH3bcqnc
86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZimVihPYxy
But it always passed,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlEZ3yPNJ1F
Too many unfulfilled dreams,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlv3zIRVYoC
I could not let die.86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXhm25W2aD6
86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTz3VMQz2Pp
Though not a young girl,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5H5x4ZvBtf
I still can relate to pain,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDy8rsWcPu
That's too hard to bear.86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxEATyMKZvh
86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRl9hMiCvAK
They bring tears of blood,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2m4PNezb9a
Young colleagues' words with the pain,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hoJJxgAhs
They struggle to bear.86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrrx4kLcJJr
86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGIgOTpwS0S
Doing themselves harm,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyOafjYl14e
To escape the greater pain,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlh1kKlXGeF
Of their precious lives.86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvTf6ZxGkQT
86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1El8lDG5PJ
I beg you each, please,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonZv3bTm4a
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkWvReBS1V
No answers in them.86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFjW9o4iFn
86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGduFDwuH7E
The answer's in you,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4dCLmvwJ7U
In that hidden spark buried,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPqIU2BoTE9
Beneath all the pain.86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFy7oMuByi7
86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILjfEqKRHw
Incredible YOU!86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhKlYUm7ad
Unique, in the multiverse,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwfF9WlvZ0N
No other like you.86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNPSPAm3s4
86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPgyamBYNC
No one with your skills,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnWpeKXuSch
No other voice quite like yours,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyGtA6YsGuL
To sing us your truth.86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBenkmgNq36
86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡufqtYkS90q
Boundless potential,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjWcj7fOJT
Still a tiny, precious seed,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRm8MCUlzyt
Waiting to take root.86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATShJNtzEf
86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKgNGOaD2q
Life's fetid manure,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1SIfrVsqj7
With tears of joy and sorrow,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaivyzwk45C
Will help you to bloom.86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQKm8AHPbBU
86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHmcMjbEnn
The spark in your heart,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6NlIEc4LA
Will burst into flame in time,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCMSoYa7vCE
Through your poetry.86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMSmTjKu89p
86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMYepSfCmiE
Purifying all,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYtD45ltvd6
The specters and dark shadows,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6aXI7g16nq
That now haunt your nights.86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ209c8zqPJ2
86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv8yNRFoTxp
Look in the mirror,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDH7gj0dW4
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjPPbu7AGI
To that ember's glow.86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbK7ItMl2Wq
86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9olcSkXsS
And know you will bloom,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVpOBqZAsqd
And your mighty bows will bear,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2iUKp1En0l
The sweetest of fruit.86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJj8UY7zYB
Though few who know me know it,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZKvEjbQ4W
Longed for it to end.86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34GkSBrEbD
86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaGJP2nXE47
I've heard the sweet call,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh1yFAwJAfu
Whispered in my ear at times,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25SpB8oOmR
For self-oblivion.86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdxH3bcqnc
86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZimVihPYxy
But it always passed,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlEZ3yPNJ1F
Too many unfulfilled dreams,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlv3zIRVYoC
I could not let die.86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXhm25W2aD6
86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTz3VMQz2Pp
Though not a young girl,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5H5x4ZvBtf
I still can relate to pain,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDy8rsWcPu
That's too hard to bear.86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxEATyMKZvh
86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRl9hMiCvAK
They bring tears of blood,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2m4PNezb9a
Young colleagues' words with the pain,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hoJJxgAhs
They struggle to bear.86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrrx4kLcJJr
86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGIgOTpwS0S
Doing themselves harm,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyOafjYl14e
To escape the greater pain,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlh1kKlXGeF
Of their precious lives.86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvTf6ZxGkQT
86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1El8lDG5PJ
I beg you each, please,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonZv3bTm4a
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkWvReBS1V
No answers in them.86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFjW9o4iFn
86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGduFDwuH7E
The answer's in you,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4dCLmvwJ7U
In that hidden spark buried,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPqIU2BoTE9
Beneath all the pain.86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFy7oMuByi7
86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILjfEqKRHw
Incredible YOU!86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhKlYUm7ad
Unique, in the multiverse,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwfF9WlvZ0N
No other like you.86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNPSPAm3s4
86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPgyamBYNC
No one with your skills,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnWpeKXuSch
No other voice quite like yours,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyGtA6YsGuL
To sing us your truth.86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBenkmgNq36
86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡufqtYkS90q
Boundless potential,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjWcj7fOJT
Still a tiny, precious seed,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRm8MCUlzyt
Waiting to take root.86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATShJNtzEf
86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKgNGOaD2q
Life's fetid manure,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1SIfrVsqj7
With tears of joy and sorrow,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaivyzwk45C
Will help you to bloom.86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQKm8AHPbBU
86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHmcMjbEnn
The spark in your heart,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6NlIEc4LA
Will burst into flame in time,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCMSoYa7vCE
Through your poetry.86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMSmTjKu89p
86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMYepSfCmiE
Purifying all,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYtD45ltvd6
The specters and dark shadows,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6aXI7g16nq
That now haunt your nights.86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ209c8zqPJ2
86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv8yNRFoTxp
Look in the mirror,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDH7gj0dW4
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjPPbu7AGI
To that ember's glow.86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbK7ItMl2Wq
86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9olcSkXsS
And know you will bloom,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVpOBqZAsqd
And your mighty bows will bear,86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2iUKp1En0l
The sweetest of fruit.86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJj8UY7zYB
86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7piOaUnVys
86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2shkUOs6PY
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 only86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfIZ2gmSur
and then Add to home screen.