I've known heartbreak too,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡALN1DM2afH
Though few who know me know it,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvyKbRZqRe
Longed for it to end.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1AJfjfvQ0
22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0hxwAgOp7z
I've heard the sweet call,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDILAjjGZsJ
Whispered in my ear at times,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPkARSk4du
For self-oblivion.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSLPsgOYMPn
22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ2PWKlTYKU
But it always passed,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡREgdOjt9IY
Too many unfulfilled dreams,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKpFukwJSC
I could not let die.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYTe9911da
22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVsn3v9xkMq
Though not a young girl,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusGvFOiHKj
I still can relate to pain,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVUMpdNSLu7
That's too hard to bear.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41nOMIEe6H
22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcORbIFuucV
They bring tears of blood,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoH9afNoSYO
Young colleagues' words with the pain,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe2dvzLRbC6
They struggle to bear.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQmDNcqk97
22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqcuJpG8lJ
Doing themselves harm,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqggd4qPAJA
To escape the greater pain,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdq1dE73pyh
Of their precious lives.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzUQwBXIhJQ
22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLxTjkTvvSC
I beg you each, please,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtJho7CWo1
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qlJ5b0jgb
No answers in them.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLa8DBWEMTw
22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmH4ujD7NwT
The answer's in you,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0gfJKXRjR
In that hidden spark buried,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLkM4SgX1ac
Beneath all the pain.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrOU7e2RWy
22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpxyem9seG
Incredible YOU!22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHsi0RZGLV6
Unique, in the multiverse,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbnY39ULbLM
No other like you.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuoih9M9Elo
22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnrYYcluhA7
No one with your skills,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVT0Rqe9RC
No other voice quite like yours,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqCDoO58Px
To sing us your truth.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0IOYKUk7Jv
22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9W19tQOL4
Boundless potential,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpS8KboFXHf
Still a tiny, precious seed,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtpAM0sQg0a
Waiting to take root.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvJJ87GWDl
22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPcgJ07clE
Life's fetid manure,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZbXT3N7Kp
With tears of joy and sorrow,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJaXSAovIF
Will help you to bloom.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSibVQG5oN
22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIQXJPjHM1t
The spark in your heart,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPk4pA1aJy
Will burst into flame in time,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BTvNWJ9I7
Through your poetry.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqjJOZ0Lh2
22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPlX7OwBIZx
Purifying all,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ556xqzI1s3
The specters and dark shadows,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3jnb3zeM8P
That now haunt your nights.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqqhB6oqfhq
22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUaOIB3S9q
Look in the mirror,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlIQ2fvTeCX
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMUDBunV4C
To that ember's glow.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPTfaloVAVZ
22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhrK089CaPd
And know you will bloom,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb38aRFkHrY
And your mighty bows will bear,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqjojznUx40
The sweetest of fruit.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt81HVawq1z
Though few who know me know it,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvyKbRZqRe
Longed for it to end.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1AJfjfvQ0
22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0hxwAgOp7z
I've heard the sweet call,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDILAjjGZsJ
Whispered in my ear at times,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPkARSk4du
For self-oblivion.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSLPsgOYMPn
22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ2PWKlTYKU
But it always passed,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡREgdOjt9IY
Too many unfulfilled dreams,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKpFukwJSC
I could not let die.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYTe9911da
22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVsn3v9xkMq
Though not a young girl,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusGvFOiHKj
I still can relate to pain,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVUMpdNSLu7
That's too hard to bear.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41nOMIEe6H
22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcORbIFuucV
They bring tears of blood,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoH9afNoSYO
Young colleagues' words with the pain,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe2dvzLRbC6
They struggle to bear.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQmDNcqk97
22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqcuJpG8lJ
Doing themselves harm,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqggd4qPAJA
To escape the greater pain,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdq1dE73pyh
Of their precious lives.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzUQwBXIhJQ
22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLxTjkTvvSC
I beg you each, please,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtJho7CWo1
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qlJ5b0jgb
No answers in them.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLa8DBWEMTw
22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmH4ujD7NwT
The answer's in you,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0gfJKXRjR
In that hidden spark buried,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLkM4SgX1ac
Beneath all the pain.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrOU7e2RWy
22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpxyem9seG
Incredible YOU!22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHsi0RZGLV6
Unique, in the multiverse,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbnY39ULbLM
No other like you.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuoih9M9Elo
22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnrYYcluhA7
No one with your skills,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVT0Rqe9RC
No other voice quite like yours,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqCDoO58Px
To sing us your truth.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0IOYKUk7Jv
22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9W19tQOL4
Boundless potential,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpS8KboFXHf
Still a tiny, precious seed,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtpAM0sQg0a
Waiting to take root.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvJJ87GWDl
22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPcgJ07clE
Life's fetid manure,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZbXT3N7Kp
With tears of joy and sorrow,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJaXSAovIF
Will help you to bloom.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSibVQG5oN
22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIQXJPjHM1t
The spark in your heart,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPk4pA1aJy
Will burst into flame in time,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BTvNWJ9I7
Through your poetry.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqjJOZ0Lh2
22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPlX7OwBIZx
Purifying all,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ556xqzI1s3
The specters and dark shadows,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3jnb3zeM8P
That now haunt your nights.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqqhB6oqfhq
22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUaOIB3S9q
Look in the mirror,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlIQ2fvTeCX
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMUDBunV4C
To that ember's glow.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPTfaloVAVZ
22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhrK089CaPd
And know you will bloom,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb38aRFkHrY
And your mighty bows will bear,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqjojznUx40
The sweetest of fruit.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt81HVawq1z
22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYrWbEMF3ZI
22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgb2ElEXurz
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 only22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIpky6Fbv4t
and then Add to home screen.