I've known heartbreak too,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDvdT48802M
Though few who know me know it,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0dseKFVcqF
Longed for it to end.85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡexV6vpJ2ur
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5EkGp0ZCsZ
I've heard the sweet call,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GRcNGBGcP
Whispered in my ear at times,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4er6NAbgbi
For self-oblivion.85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQoKs6EjrSv
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWgTzKvW2Oc
But it always passed,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTeFra5oLO0
Too many unfulfilled dreams,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvfakLPFSn7
I could not let die.85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6g7ZzdgYR
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS0buInhv75
Though not a young girl,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHtLLE1opuG
I still can relate to pain,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcYX8FzHvGy
That's too hard to bear.85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5DhHxWrNQF
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjoYId7nmd
They bring tears of blood,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7sCyTejEqo
Young colleagues' words with the pain,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKrjPG1SsEt
They struggle to bear.85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa1ufgp9bw5
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUKWyofdpa
Doing themselves harm,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoxtQtOwZv2
To escape the greater pain,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpCXVYzy6Qv
Of their precious lives.85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡutRikLgpbT
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRERvqnTkjM
I beg you each, please,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3hlQPKuHj4
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjtGBOLwu2j
No answers in them.85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP1cbfUYGv8
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNCcpwfeqb
The answer's in you,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHksQK4QTns
In that hidden spark buried,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxU26COzOj
Beneath all the pain.85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwjFtCMGjk
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7DEVlafmN8
Incredible YOU!85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJZBbEd9xd
Unique, in the multiverse,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFwKdhqcL9n
No other like you.85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSpn7bSOQH8
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpFQt3Zo2G0
No one with your skills,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPvbegYQgNk
No other voice quite like yours,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFF99JSNQae
To sing us your truth.85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOgmQRyfWmw
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgn5g5mw1lA
Boundless potential,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBDXtSYR4aO
Still a tiny, precious seed,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzOyI8JqLtD
Waiting to take root.85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77UuwSd7Vy
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBbIktkhVp
Life's fetid manure,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ZYxLM5swd
With tears of joy and sorrow,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOTd1MTyZc7
Will help you to bloom.85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hFEH8vhr3
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjWYFGNqLvo
The spark in your heart,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTuqTJU6HWW
Will burst into flame in time,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC05Qe0BEiE
Through your poetry.85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzINQ1rhBa1
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4COdOOYaa
Purifying all,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBCmpWDxy3
The specters and dark shadows,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAM1xgzmyb
That now haunt your nights.85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡItGPJEiqvM
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8kMupe99UC
Look in the mirror,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jXNHMkLyZ
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9VSRvHiHLr
To that ember's glow.85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcefLQYTsP
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqsmAf4BAn
And know you will bloom,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrdSPYDN5c
And your mighty bows will bear,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2TpxErpQuO
The sweetest of fruit.85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC7KeEaFFqp
Though few who know me know it,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0dseKFVcqF
Longed for it to end.85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡexV6vpJ2ur
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5EkGp0ZCsZ
I've heard the sweet call,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GRcNGBGcP
Whispered in my ear at times,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4er6NAbgbi
For self-oblivion.85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQoKs6EjrSv
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWgTzKvW2Oc
But it always passed,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTeFra5oLO0
Too many unfulfilled dreams,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvfakLPFSn7
I could not let die.85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6g7ZzdgYR
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS0buInhv75
Though not a young girl,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHtLLE1opuG
I still can relate to pain,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcYX8FzHvGy
That's too hard to bear.85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5DhHxWrNQF
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjoYId7nmd
They bring tears of blood,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7sCyTejEqo
Young colleagues' words with the pain,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKrjPG1SsEt
They struggle to bear.85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa1ufgp9bw5
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUKWyofdpa
Doing themselves harm,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoxtQtOwZv2
To escape the greater pain,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpCXVYzy6Qv
Of their precious lives.85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡutRikLgpbT
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRERvqnTkjM
I beg you each, please,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3hlQPKuHj4
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjtGBOLwu2j
No answers in them.85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP1cbfUYGv8
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNCcpwfeqb
The answer's in you,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHksQK4QTns
In that hidden spark buried,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxU26COzOj
Beneath all the pain.85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwjFtCMGjk
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7DEVlafmN8
Incredible YOU!85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJZBbEd9xd
Unique, in the multiverse,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFwKdhqcL9n
No other like you.85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSpn7bSOQH8
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpFQt3Zo2G0
No one with your skills,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPvbegYQgNk
No other voice quite like yours,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFF99JSNQae
To sing us your truth.85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOgmQRyfWmw
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgn5g5mw1lA
Boundless potential,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBDXtSYR4aO
Still a tiny, precious seed,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzOyI8JqLtD
Waiting to take root.85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77UuwSd7Vy
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBbIktkhVp
Life's fetid manure,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ZYxLM5swd
With tears of joy and sorrow,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOTd1MTyZc7
Will help you to bloom.85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hFEH8vhr3
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjWYFGNqLvo
The spark in your heart,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTuqTJU6HWW
Will burst into flame in time,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC05Qe0BEiE
Through your poetry.85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzINQ1rhBa1
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4COdOOYaa
Purifying all,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBCmpWDxy3
The specters and dark shadows,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAM1xgzmyb
That now haunt your nights.85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡItGPJEiqvM
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8kMupe99UC
Look in the mirror,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jXNHMkLyZ
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9VSRvHiHLr
To that ember's glow.85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcefLQYTsP
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqsmAf4BAn
And know you will bloom,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrdSPYDN5c
And your mighty bows will bear,85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2TpxErpQuO
The sweetest of fruit.85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC7KeEaFFqp
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMykREBHyXD
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUjEsqtzGN
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 only85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUpqOjnzAK
and then Add to home screen.