I've known heartbreak too,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqZodn5tdA
Though few who know me know it,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUIVOo39uON
Longed for it to end.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9NEa14Oe44
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWk6x0d1GB
I've heard the sweet call,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYxBl320XTp
Whispered in my ear at times,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lrBEMpSGu
For self-oblivion.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6LKGs4FxV
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSZ0ieOjsTE
But it always passed,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ152MkFzgXB
Too many unfulfilled dreams,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDuFSbiEBtq
I could not let die.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxuBTM9R8hH
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0mWp5jvdOG
Though not a young girl,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCB9ztpiz4E
I still can relate to pain,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCOmVlSNYg
That's too hard to bear.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8SuaQr8Bxi
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBUNtwr3aDQ
They bring tears of blood,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrwYO6jQZS
Young colleagues' words with the pain,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf1jR2xcTqm
They struggle to bear.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMehvD7RH4a
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU18HNEsd4R
Doing themselves harm,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrnBFYbmJq
To escape the greater pain,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg6TbOMRRkF
Of their precious lives.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPUo2cJHHQ
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjp438Szyf0
I beg you each, please,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECDOsK1u6F
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRaXyF9yBmh
No answers in them.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkOlVEy2VQ2
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjL0Ix8xFL
The answer's in you,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3kteoSTe0B
In that hidden spark buried,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvKjW7VSVmk
Beneath all the pain.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOHHi5HP7yg
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH1NZoBjMsE
Incredible YOU!444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6nA1hsRQ8
Unique, in the multiverse,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡey4ssiZl3h
No other like you.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxn2iM0HOK
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQOn3Ajfs0
No one with your skills,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7wD2l4g3RK
No other voice quite like yours,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDg1tZ8BBtY
To sing us your truth.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyTp667qld8
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU364YwamSO
Boundless potential,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfJt6fa8hj
Still a tiny, precious seed,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9koIzJFmRF
Waiting to take root.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyRb6UwCLwg
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT4PUXaucNJ
Life's fetid manure,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgj5qAuiGMM
With tears of joy and sorrow,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUaVAISlY3f
Will help you to bloom.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSDpE0c8F10
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5U8mnI6fx
The spark in your heart,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9L9SGBpYrg
Will burst into flame in time,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44FO4LHBTh
Through your poetry.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILdklbmwHw
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhmyHEi8P1r
Purifying all,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRpI5xQzPE
The specters and dark shadows,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ35gxIu5TmB
That now haunt your nights.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl7lDzzaQV2
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRcz1g7MUd
Look in the mirror,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrsYXbPTPxS
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyM8jDqrKyw
To that ember's glow.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDWEzv6YvBb
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPqJtMFFoR
And know you will bloom,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjM1cFLBEO
And your mighty bows will bear,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ePQyjLJdV
The sweetest of fruit.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM0EHdu0PCO
Though few who know me know it,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUIVOo39uON
Longed for it to end.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9NEa14Oe44
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWk6x0d1GB
I've heard the sweet call,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYxBl320XTp
Whispered in my ear at times,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lrBEMpSGu
For self-oblivion.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6LKGs4FxV
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSZ0ieOjsTE
But it always passed,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ152MkFzgXB
Too many unfulfilled dreams,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDuFSbiEBtq
I could not let die.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxuBTM9R8hH
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0mWp5jvdOG
Though not a young girl,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCB9ztpiz4E
I still can relate to pain,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCOmVlSNYg
That's too hard to bear.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8SuaQr8Bxi
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBUNtwr3aDQ
They bring tears of blood,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrwYO6jQZS
Young colleagues' words with the pain,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf1jR2xcTqm
They struggle to bear.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMehvD7RH4a
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU18HNEsd4R
Doing themselves harm,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrnBFYbmJq
To escape the greater pain,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg6TbOMRRkF
Of their precious lives.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPUo2cJHHQ
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjp438Szyf0
I beg you each, please,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECDOsK1u6F
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRaXyF9yBmh
No answers in them.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkOlVEy2VQ2
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjL0Ix8xFL
The answer's in you,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3kteoSTe0B
In that hidden spark buried,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvKjW7VSVmk
Beneath all the pain.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOHHi5HP7yg
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH1NZoBjMsE
Incredible YOU!444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6nA1hsRQ8
Unique, in the multiverse,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡey4ssiZl3h
No other like you.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxn2iM0HOK
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQOn3Ajfs0
No one with your skills,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7wD2l4g3RK
No other voice quite like yours,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDg1tZ8BBtY
To sing us your truth.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyTp667qld8
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU364YwamSO
Boundless potential,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfJt6fa8hj
Still a tiny, precious seed,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9koIzJFmRF
Waiting to take root.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyRb6UwCLwg
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT4PUXaucNJ
Life's fetid manure,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgj5qAuiGMM
With tears of joy and sorrow,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUaVAISlY3f
Will help you to bloom.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSDpE0c8F10
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5U8mnI6fx
The spark in your heart,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9L9SGBpYrg
Will burst into flame in time,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44FO4LHBTh
Through your poetry.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILdklbmwHw
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhmyHEi8P1r
Purifying all,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRpI5xQzPE
The specters and dark shadows,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ35gxIu5TmB
That now haunt your nights.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl7lDzzaQV2
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRcz1g7MUd
Look in the mirror,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrsYXbPTPxS
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyM8jDqrKyw
To that ember's glow.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDWEzv6YvBb
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPqJtMFFoR
And know you will bloom,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjM1cFLBEO
And your mighty bows will bear,444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ePQyjLJdV
The sweetest of fruit.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM0EHdu0PCO
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8NgBquuWm
444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnw00ks83dx
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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡns1fmuwAwG
and then Add to home screen.