I've known heartbreak too,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOoAUwTW5Qh
Though few who know me know it,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL9Omymn5ae
Longed for it to end.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXnZC6oYRBt
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj3GmZwjzNA
I've heard the sweet call,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh1Y57SqgEz
Whispered in my ear at times,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTXkveuAdYg
For self-oblivion.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRvN7aBo46Z
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeeXGSHF1J0
But it always passed,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9eBYA8puPA
Too many unfulfilled dreams,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrCfJJtumD
I could not let die.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gmbvr34Yl
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynF26qVGlm
Though not a young girl,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHbh8uvRdf
I still can relate to pain,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdUNeRB0zqL
That's too hard to bear.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqvQbqRNwO
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxeRWkQBsmo
They bring tears of blood,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwCHGCEAeeZ
Young colleagues' words with the pain,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYVC0awmo8
They struggle to bear.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDg7K3iZBjp
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOWLN3X3Vqn
Doing themselves harm,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt58PnMexOG
To escape the greater pain,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzctjkeNO5r
Of their precious lives.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg6R7FhOcV9
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDxG3Thrdcc
I beg you each, please,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFcmc024sk
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwPsX3ezvn0
No answers in them.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvcoIIArEa
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZwUXsUThp
The answer's in you,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1Ilu7p8Fc
In that hidden spark buried,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXoZOnXI5rE
Beneath all the pain.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5zeqgfNTg
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeoC3cvm6dh
Incredible YOU!75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOy0cWekSO
Unique, in the multiverse,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbqykOkwUw
No other like you.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMlZBPxoCNC
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWuPEPEJDg
No one with your skills,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbefFaFR5r
No other voice quite like yours,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhbpcqdH0S9
To sing us your truth.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnMTjskdJrf
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFxNkDjOKT
Boundless potential,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTXSReslLn
Still a tiny, precious seed,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2jVxJWR8hz
Waiting to take root.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCHTaNSDD6
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPaf7B1NtE2
Life's fetid manure,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIvTVUCGYxN
With tears of joy and sorrow,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPGZycUHno
Will help you to bloom.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSc2ogoIiOR
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRqUc8Ygpr
The spark in your heart,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYMwfTUhon
Will burst into flame in time,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqzRxptlVks
Through your poetry.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVkIip48Yqu
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqeVCSgH7rV
Purifying all,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Cln5dl8xo
The specters and dark shadows,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTFoDilWTjD
That now haunt your nights.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtk0rGv0fDV
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDyChkyQzNt
Look in the mirror,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV8yXj1S8re
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG5zB8LbFmv
To that ember's glow.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4JGU059ayQ
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4nSi1aX6nm
And know you will bloom,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr9caZNVOcv
And your mighty bows will bear,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDNjawRKuM
The sweetest of fruit.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIOFRyEJ5sN
Though few who know me know it,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL9Omymn5ae
Longed for it to end.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXnZC6oYRBt
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj3GmZwjzNA
I've heard the sweet call,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh1Y57SqgEz
Whispered in my ear at times,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTXkveuAdYg
For self-oblivion.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRvN7aBo46Z
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeeXGSHF1J0
But it always passed,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9eBYA8puPA
Too many unfulfilled dreams,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrCfJJtumD
I could not let die.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gmbvr34Yl
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynF26qVGlm
Though not a young girl,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHbh8uvRdf
I still can relate to pain,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdUNeRB0zqL
That's too hard to bear.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqvQbqRNwO
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxeRWkQBsmo
They bring tears of blood,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwCHGCEAeeZ
Young colleagues' words with the pain,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYVC0awmo8
They struggle to bear.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDg7K3iZBjp
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOWLN3X3Vqn
Doing themselves harm,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt58PnMexOG
To escape the greater pain,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzctjkeNO5r
Of their precious lives.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg6R7FhOcV9
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDxG3Thrdcc
I beg you each, please,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFcmc024sk
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwPsX3ezvn0
No answers in them.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvcoIIArEa
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZwUXsUThp
The answer's in you,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1Ilu7p8Fc
In that hidden spark buried,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXoZOnXI5rE
Beneath all the pain.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5zeqgfNTg
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeoC3cvm6dh
Incredible YOU!75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOy0cWekSO
Unique, in the multiverse,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbqykOkwUw
No other like you.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMlZBPxoCNC
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWuPEPEJDg
No one with your skills,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbefFaFR5r
No other voice quite like yours,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhbpcqdH0S9
To sing us your truth.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnMTjskdJrf
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFxNkDjOKT
Boundless potential,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTXSReslLn
Still a tiny, precious seed,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2jVxJWR8hz
Waiting to take root.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCHTaNSDD6
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPaf7B1NtE2
Life's fetid manure,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIvTVUCGYxN
With tears of joy and sorrow,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPGZycUHno
Will help you to bloom.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSc2ogoIiOR
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRqUc8Ygpr
The spark in your heart,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYMwfTUhon
Will burst into flame in time,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqzRxptlVks
Through your poetry.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVkIip48Yqu
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqeVCSgH7rV
Purifying all,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Cln5dl8xo
The specters and dark shadows,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTFoDilWTjD
That now haunt your nights.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtk0rGv0fDV
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDyChkyQzNt
Look in the mirror,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV8yXj1S8re
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG5zB8LbFmv
To that ember's glow.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4JGU059ayQ
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4nSi1aX6nm
And know you will bloom,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr9caZNVOcv
And your mighty bows will bear,75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDNjawRKuM
The sweetest of fruit.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIOFRyEJ5sN
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuHvOpdLNGq
75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA24nZXRc5s
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 only75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMFQDpJyaH3
and then Add to home screen.