I've known heartbreak too,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyuxfQHox97
Though few who know me know it,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwa70n3Z8Q2
Longed for it to end.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefR63bgxtK
181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlav27vQyq
I've heard the sweet call,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDWnFqOz7p
Whispered in my ear at times,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQKHkpVgbP
For self-oblivion.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccMTEXWdEE
181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfXNxDd3iug
But it always passed,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5h472BLPX
Too many unfulfilled dreams,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhdvCuqxhy
I could not let die.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCAdodPmMC
181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAG5x7AB0tw
Though not a young girl,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0AXFQ9nokk
I still can relate to pain,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLvviuOBnzR
That's too hard to bear.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2doEBq4pK
181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLgr19xBIs
They bring tears of blood,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUdN9ijsZLF
Young colleagues' words with the pain,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZbeCMrwPm
They struggle to bear.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7XJdnR8hcW
181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9mEoI45cL
Doing themselves harm,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUQhWT9pxk
To escape the greater pain,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡotmtWwxOVc
Of their precious lives.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0GgUSuICE
181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLNJHaalRKa
I beg you each, please,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHIIACWuz4n
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡARXr9jnpzk
No answers in them.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhePJTh3WWn
181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8PAY21MEz
The answer's in you,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5iPZYzldPp
In that hidden spark buried,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPAfFQtO0m
Beneath all the pain.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡculmBPFXRj
181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJmoBjRi9R
Incredible YOU!181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1sGFMX1jk
Unique, in the multiverse,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡicocCXsLuJ
No other like you.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gkneI8xem
181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQaqxBRMdZe
No one with your skills,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1Osu7GSpp
No other voice quite like yours,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqn9Ez99LT1
To sing us your truth.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG102FHMy48
181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZK3MtkhfU
Boundless potential,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRBKW2LvAHZ
Still a tiny, precious seed,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡROLW3SdPzX
Waiting to take root.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzp1mPtwiE
181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzPpEODVuEO
Life's fetid manure,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69Tst4yW2f
With tears of joy and sorrow,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWjZkDoZ9x
Will help you to bloom.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDDm5SpwLd
181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGn5csvyNGh
The spark in your heart,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrSZoCNaCis
Will burst into flame in time,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJScY2vqwBk
Through your poetry.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLKrcWCxfno
181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMo3CayWzH
Purifying all,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Kv4D0bXEy
The specters and dark shadows,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6fhqw6Cxh3
That now haunt your nights.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynobWeSTcn
181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3COTXy4Wek
Look in the mirror,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaOaCsBtZOG
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLKVn9KfTu7
To that ember's glow.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1639pYnJql
181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8MkTou3npq
And know you will bloom,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpntcdLWam
And your mighty bows will bear,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ559tfdU1dt
The sweetest of fruit.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrYfA4kMzz
Though few who know me know it,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwa70n3Z8Q2
Longed for it to end.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefR63bgxtK
181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlav27vQyq
I've heard the sweet call,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDWnFqOz7p
Whispered in my ear at times,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQKHkpVgbP
For self-oblivion.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccMTEXWdEE
181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfXNxDd3iug
But it always passed,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5h472BLPX
Too many unfulfilled dreams,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhdvCuqxhy
I could not let die.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCAdodPmMC
181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAG5x7AB0tw
Though not a young girl,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0AXFQ9nokk
I still can relate to pain,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLvviuOBnzR
That's too hard to bear.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2doEBq4pK
181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLgr19xBIs
They bring tears of blood,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUdN9ijsZLF
Young colleagues' words with the pain,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZbeCMrwPm
They struggle to bear.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7XJdnR8hcW
181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9mEoI45cL
Doing themselves harm,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUQhWT9pxk
To escape the greater pain,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡotmtWwxOVc
Of their precious lives.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0GgUSuICE
181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLNJHaalRKa
I beg you each, please,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHIIACWuz4n
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡARXr9jnpzk
No answers in them.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhePJTh3WWn
181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8PAY21MEz
The answer's in you,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5iPZYzldPp
In that hidden spark buried,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPAfFQtO0m
Beneath all the pain.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡculmBPFXRj
181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJmoBjRi9R
Incredible YOU!181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1sGFMX1jk
Unique, in the multiverse,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡicocCXsLuJ
No other like you.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gkneI8xem
181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQaqxBRMdZe
No one with your skills,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1Osu7GSpp
No other voice quite like yours,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqn9Ez99LT1
To sing us your truth.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG102FHMy48
181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZK3MtkhfU
Boundless potential,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRBKW2LvAHZ
Still a tiny, precious seed,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡROLW3SdPzX
Waiting to take root.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzp1mPtwiE
181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzPpEODVuEO
Life's fetid manure,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69Tst4yW2f
With tears of joy and sorrow,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWjZkDoZ9x
Will help you to bloom.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDDm5SpwLd
181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGn5csvyNGh
The spark in your heart,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrSZoCNaCis
Will burst into flame in time,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJScY2vqwBk
Through your poetry.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLKrcWCxfno
181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMo3CayWzH
Purifying all,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Kv4D0bXEy
The specters and dark shadows,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6fhqw6Cxh3
That now haunt your nights.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynobWeSTcn
181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3COTXy4Wek
Look in the mirror,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaOaCsBtZOG
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLKVn9KfTu7
To that ember's glow.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1639pYnJql
181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8MkTou3npq
And know you will bloom,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpntcdLWam
And your mighty bows will bear,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ559tfdU1dt
The sweetest of fruit.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrYfA4kMzz
181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ESEWi0BJ0
181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5oO1x3KOZC
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 only181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KcFMMkGbg
and then Add to home screen.