I've known heartbreak too,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNgKzym5nqo
Though few who know me know it,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRsepQhKoL
Longed for it to end.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrC1AIO40io
34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzyytqdA6kw
I've heard the sweet call,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzda84q8INv
Whispered in my ear at times,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhFFDuwNiTR
For self-oblivion.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfUqQC2ifrp
34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl8GGlM58rQ
But it always passed,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5aZSDM1EZ
Too many unfulfilled dreams,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrr5qnaKn97
I could not let die.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbUbcO1rLV
34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNV9A6FM5Gq
Though not a young girl,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSDvc9RFMmX
I still can relate to pain,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrGrEpkKloO
That's too hard to bear.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI40rzbEhlc
34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡANUjIb8vSK
They bring tears of blood,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMPQplOnkA5
Young colleagues' words with the pain,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqxmD99ei6A
They struggle to bear.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV9CeEewGiU
34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvXjVKadfSv
Doing themselves harm,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu0FSwF89mZ
To escape the greater pain,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJtSegu37i7
Of their precious lives.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeZojweWzu2
34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIpC5K2Mw7d
I beg you each, please,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyekv62GqBb
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYmzMWWJMoU
No answers in them.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2YTzMYTngw
34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq40CHf6YhW
The answer's in you,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnyo9LswWx
In that hidden spark buried,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxKJBwnWJU
Beneath all the pain.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Ij86g3HV4
34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6O4yxgCfvn
Incredible YOU!34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPZLHC07lU
Unique, in the multiverse,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHnQNXYUnvi
No other like you.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbuHW9FqwWN
34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHf0BofwvJ6
No one with your skills,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk2AW43kNZm
No other voice quite like yours,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTljQCStiK
To sing us your truth.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJs6lAc95B
34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6vLxxXf8nP
Boundless potential,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5gFojzKhfx
Still a tiny, precious seed,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMebbVICCGH
Waiting to take root.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLk3lxoNML
34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjClmQGy4e
Life's fetid manure,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQCsYHikSM0
With tears of joy and sorrow,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7AsViy2jF
Will help you to bloom.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNd1EeTRUa
34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSd1RcuxoFA
The spark in your heart,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSURico1HCa
Will burst into flame in time,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSwmQLd7tuz
Through your poetry.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfHz7oEMdtW
34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡheQMa7bMD1
Purifying all,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0l05pfJ51
The specters and dark shadows,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZvOgTbyyjs
That now haunt your nights.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHy2UzmvQIl
34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZrX8zNmnO
Look in the mirror,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5jXFMmES2
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdcIqtXiC8p
To that ember's glow.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT0YHyBwBLt
34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqiRbQjb0ef
And know you will bloom,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp8uR5ZJTSJ
And your mighty bows will bear,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE4xJ3DLE4S
The sweetest of fruit.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVeX1A8gzO
Though few who know me know it,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRsepQhKoL
Longed for it to end.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrC1AIO40io
34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzyytqdA6kw
I've heard the sweet call,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzda84q8INv
Whispered in my ear at times,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhFFDuwNiTR
For self-oblivion.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfUqQC2ifrp
34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl8GGlM58rQ
But it always passed,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5aZSDM1EZ
Too many unfulfilled dreams,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrr5qnaKn97
I could not let die.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbUbcO1rLV
34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNV9A6FM5Gq
Though not a young girl,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSDvc9RFMmX
I still can relate to pain,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrGrEpkKloO
That's too hard to bear.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI40rzbEhlc
34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡANUjIb8vSK
They bring tears of blood,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMPQplOnkA5
Young colleagues' words with the pain,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqxmD99ei6A
They struggle to bear.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV9CeEewGiU
34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvXjVKadfSv
Doing themselves harm,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu0FSwF89mZ
To escape the greater pain,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJtSegu37i7
Of their precious lives.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeZojweWzu2
34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIpC5K2Mw7d
I beg you each, please,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyekv62GqBb
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYmzMWWJMoU
No answers in them.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2YTzMYTngw
34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq40CHf6YhW
The answer's in you,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnyo9LswWx
In that hidden spark buried,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxKJBwnWJU
Beneath all the pain.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Ij86g3HV4
34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6O4yxgCfvn
Incredible YOU!34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPZLHC07lU
Unique, in the multiverse,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHnQNXYUnvi
No other like you.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbuHW9FqwWN
34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHf0BofwvJ6
No one with your skills,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk2AW43kNZm
No other voice quite like yours,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTljQCStiK
To sing us your truth.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJs6lAc95B
34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6vLxxXf8nP
Boundless potential,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5gFojzKhfx
Still a tiny, precious seed,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMebbVICCGH
Waiting to take root.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLk3lxoNML
34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjClmQGy4e
Life's fetid manure,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQCsYHikSM0
With tears of joy and sorrow,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7AsViy2jF
Will help you to bloom.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNd1EeTRUa
34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSd1RcuxoFA
The spark in your heart,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSURico1HCa
Will burst into flame in time,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSwmQLd7tuz
Through your poetry.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfHz7oEMdtW
34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡheQMa7bMD1
Purifying all,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0l05pfJ51
The specters and dark shadows,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZvOgTbyyjs
That now haunt your nights.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHy2UzmvQIl
34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZrX8zNmnO
Look in the mirror,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5jXFMmES2
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdcIqtXiC8p
To that ember's glow.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT0YHyBwBLt
34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqiRbQjb0ef
And know you will bloom,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp8uR5ZJTSJ
And your mighty bows will bear,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE4xJ3DLE4S
The sweetest of fruit.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVeX1A8gzO
34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIsLYzT4Ya
34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ujZ9BdJTF
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 only34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wBkkB7QIW
and then Add to home screen.