I've known heartbreak too,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvMAFe8Zkez
Though few who know me know it,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlLNywK48Kk
Longed for it to end.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasgiKxJyRs
139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ47hu1FLMJ
I've heard the sweet call,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaghqHpMvB9
Whispered in my ear at times,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1wJ6pAkEB
For self-oblivion.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWHrv26QAz
139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6kNKxyM2v
But it always passed,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mnQowAkVr
Too many unfulfilled dreams,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpj9BDAQ7ZP
I could not let die.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmPEJUfAcrx
139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡThGHMlBbFD
Though not a young girl,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeAvaSaeNSx
I still can relate to pain,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyz45hHjurx
That's too hard to bear.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4LuccsFHV
139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGawkwhuCzY
They bring tears of blood,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuynVLHAgjz
Young colleagues' words with the pain,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHV1aAPD6f
They struggle to bear.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxKqyif0Jt
139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUFeeLDM8RE
Doing themselves harm,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡykSuDZeRIi
To escape the greater pain,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy6JVXbfBSm
Of their precious lives.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEihem3MD2d
139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMrcuzJ7q2O
I beg you each, please,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Dw0jDZJ3C
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdRjASPXCg
No answers in them.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHVPRYaevMp
139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0vIVRNWdZ
The answer's in you,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3h4h8dZhgN
In that hidden spark buried,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBVq5urBOdD
Beneath all the pain.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1jq4yxoah
139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAP4ckzgpb
Incredible YOU!139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWceSCRRASd
Unique, in the multiverse,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQttj6qmt2S
No other like you.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuWpknTEgSE
139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBjPE3eAlp
No one with your skills,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYaEThj3sr
No other voice quite like yours,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIsYYnad0W5
To sing us your truth.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78u5zqEuNh
139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31LCQIntxn
Boundless potential,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRD9oBipFkZ
Still a tiny, precious seed,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bOLDlqHCL
Waiting to take root.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYTsEAWGHyl
139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYrTTFC0dIs
Life's fetid manure,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwyRWriBm4D
With tears of joy and sorrow,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHIWtBfr1I
Will help you to bloom.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPFUnqIAos
139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJBIPj3TilY
The spark in your heart,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaBIn2HbwfU
Will burst into flame in time,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpsM6sNQ5j7
Through your poetry.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhx5HjBDus8
139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5K0qz2aB00
Purifying all,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYeqUyd7vIY
The specters and dark shadows,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNq9fo6ClM
That now haunt your nights.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7fswM8OVvo
139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9XiTzwbgy
Look in the mirror,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqgwhla86lF
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCnrkK0RIKT
To that ember's glow.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrl4GvswfIe
139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrUKWgNF7dN
And know you will bloom,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg4OrDsRAX9
And your mighty bows will bear,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH07Pqf2wMa
The sweetest of fruit.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaKzWX1lamj
Though few who know me know it,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlLNywK48Kk
Longed for it to end.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasgiKxJyRs
139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ47hu1FLMJ
I've heard the sweet call,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaghqHpMvB9
Whispered in my ear at times,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1wJ6pAkEB
For self-oblivion.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWHrv26QAz
139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6kNKxyM2v
But it always passed,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mnQowAkVr
Too many unfulfilled dreams,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpj9BDAQ7ZP
I could not let die.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmPEJUfAcrx
139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡThGHMlBbFD
Though not a young girl,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeAvaSaeNSx
I still can relate to pain,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyz45hHjurx
That's too hard to bear.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4LuccsFHV
139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGawkwhuCzY
They bring tears of blood,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuynVLHAgjz
Young colleagues' words with the pain,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHV1aAPD6f
They struggle to bear.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxKqyif0Jt
139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUFeeLDM8RE
Doing themselves harm,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡykSuDZeRIi
To escape the greater pain,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy6JVXbfBSm
Of their precious lives.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEihem3MD2d
139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMrcuzJ7q2O
I beg you each, please,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Dw0jDZJ3C
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdRjASPXCg
No answers in them.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHVPRYaevMp
139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0vIVRNWdZ
The answer's in you,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3h4h8dZhgN
In that hidden spark buried,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBVq5urBOdD
Beneath all the pain.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1jq4yxoah
139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAP4ckzgpb
Incredible YOU!139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWceSCRRASd
Unique, in the multiverse,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQttj6qmt2S
No other like you.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuWpknTEgSE
139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBjPE3eAlp
No one with your skills,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYaEThj3sr
No other voice quite like yours,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIsYYnad0W5
To sing us your truth.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78u5zqEuNh
139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31LCQIntxn
Boundless potential,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRD9oBipFkZ
Still a tiny, precious seed,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bOLDlqHCL
Waiting to take root.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYTsEAWGHyl
139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYrTTFC0dIs
Life's fetid manure,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwyRWriBm4D
With tears of joy and sorrow,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHIWtBfr1I
Will help you to bloom.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPFUnqIAos
139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJBIPj3TilY
The spark in your heart,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaBIn2HbwfU
Will burst into flame in time,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpsM6sNQ5j7
Through your poetry.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhx5HjBDus8
139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5K0qz2aB00
Purifying all,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYeqUyd7vIY
The specters and dark shadows,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNq9fo6ClM
That now haunt your nights.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7fswM8OVvo
139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9XiTzwbgy
Look in the mirror,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqgwhla86lF
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCnrkK0RIKT
To that ember's glow.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrl4GvswfIe
139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrUKWgNF7dN
And know you will bloom,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg4OrDsRAX9
And your mighty bows will bear,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH07Pqf2wMa
The sweetest of fruit.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaKzWX1lamj
139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrL0sAUCXCD
139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZ8pCLvXlr
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 only139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhGuxyc7oDF
and then Add to home screen.