I've known heartbreak too,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8GzeJ4xwMe
Though few who know me know it,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7s3fTdM6Uv
Longed for it to end.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcWSTGIPA1B
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4qIPheXHrM
I've heard the sweet call,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3ZykMGJXl
Whispered in my ear at times,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxpnzFTZ9LZ
For self-oblivion.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqhwVEyp47
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrrXvbPL6S9
But it always passed,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTRrGzRuyUZ
Too many unfulfilled dreams,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5UgNZS2OVS
I could not let die.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3TRHTlEtZ
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVWfhmJSRw
Though not a young girl,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWDPMhuLrHP
I still can relate to pain,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ39DTq0NxyO
That's too hard to bear.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP5T6F1jb4d
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDDN2c7mZg
They bring tears of blood,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqawQas5ob5
Young colleagues' words with the pain,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuCMVNkF69X
They struggle to bear.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH3HGhKHqeQ
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRStPjb1iSZ
Doing themselves harm,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG15RBykBS1
To escape the greater pain,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjECaL6E5rz
Of their precious lives.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8x5rTzAj1
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx3rYesM1JL
I beg you each, please,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS9N67I6Mxv
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMNhQel4JF
No answers in them.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSYlO5FghAr
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHjR3dCZOD
The answer's in you,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEC6hW2d4I
In that hidden spark buried,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVREC5drMKk
Beneath all the pain.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6cQwHfPkU3
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6TkKXw2BA
Incredible YOU!444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxsrbOEIyQ
Unique, in the multiverse,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1qJjHHsl6
No other like you.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIc9gdnuJM6
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO3t8SBYAaB
No one with your skills,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzVYJxJ7wpN
No other voice quite like yours,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDpu03BMMAb
To sing us your truth.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGCodvjZEm
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbdUsbvDKN
Boundless potential,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlcuwz0bug4
Still a tiny, precious seed,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1COF1OdGsF
Waiting to take root.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSsQS80lPY
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJzjyix5f2u
Life's fetid manure,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdZ3gWK5pW
With tears of joy and sorrow,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkhjossxErg
Will help you to bloom.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxkVeqXZuXk
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGE7AwbgAVZ
The spark in your heart,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjyFP1PKJWl
Will burst into flame in time,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmenyjlUPTt
Through your poetry.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbCFHIGyYz
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zvvCd8jgk
Purifying all,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN69aa1acC6
The specters and dark shadows,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt9OvC13hbV
That now haunt your nights.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJK2VF9pVAb
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJj82C6sfHF
Look in the mirror,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70DkSYKdcD
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhRTZDSgLT
To that ember's glow.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgFuzKfMpOc
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCwcbuD2iw
And know you will bloom,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqczTJAEJS
And your mighty bows will bear,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31hra4mXRF
The sweetest of fruit.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXwQX63PgO
Though few who know me know it,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7s3fTdM6Uv
Longed for it to end.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcWSTGIPA1B
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4qIPheXHrM
I've heard the sweet call,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3ZykMGJXl
Whispered in my ear at times,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxpnzFTZ9LZ
For self-oblivion.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqhwVEyp47
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrrXvbPL6S9
But it always passed,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTRrGzRuyUZ
Too many unfulfilled dreams,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5UgNZS2OVS
I could not let die.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3TRHTlEtZ
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVWfhmJSRw
Though not a young girl,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWDPMhuLrHP
I still can relate to pain,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ39DTq0NxyO
That's too hard to bear.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP5T6F1jb4d
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDDN2c7mZg
They bring tears of blood,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqawQas5ob5
Young colleagues' words with the pain,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuCMVNkF69X
They struggle to bear.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH3HGhKHqeQ
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRStPjb1iSZ
Doing themselves harm,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG15RBykBS1
To escape the greater pain,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjECaL6E5rz
Of their precious lives.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8x5rTzAj1
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx3rYesM1JL
I beg you each, please,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS9N67I6Mxv
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMNhQel4JF
No answers in them.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSYlO5FghAr
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHjR3dCZOD
The answer's in you,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEC6hW2d4I
In that hidden spark buried,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVREC5drMKk
Beneath all the pain.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6cQwHfPkU3
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6TkKXw2BA
Incredible YOU!444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxsrbOEIyQ
Unique, in the multiverse,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1qJjHHsl6
No other like you.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIc9gdnuJM6
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO3t8SBYAaB
No one with your skills,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzVYJxJ7wpN
No other voice quite like yours,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDpu03BMMAb
To sing us your truth.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGCodvjZEm
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbdUsbvDKN
Boundless potential,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlcuwz0bug4
Still a tiny, precious seed,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1COF1OdGsF
Waiting to take root.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSsQS80lPY
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJzjyix5f2u
Life's fetid manure,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdZ3gWK5pW
With tears of joy and sorrow,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkhjossxErg
Will help you to bloom.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxkVeqXZuXk
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGE7AwbgAVZ
The spark in your heart,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjyFP1PKJWl
Will burst into flame in time,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmenyjlUPTt
Through your poetry.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbCFHIGyYz
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zvvCd8jgk
Purifying all,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN69aa1acC6
The specters and dark shadows,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt9OvC13hbV
That now haunt your nights.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJK2VF9pVAb
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJj82C6sfHF
Look in the mirror,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70DkSYKdcD
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhRTZDSgLT
To that ember's glow.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgFuzKfMpOc
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCwcbuD2iw
And know you will bloom,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqczTJAEJS
And your mighty bows will bear,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31hra4mXRF
The sweetest of fruit.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXwQX63PgO
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3oBnK8Mdcp
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡki5b8hMOiP
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 only444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVETuID1L9V
and then Add to home screen.