I've known heartbreak too,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhoeLyzNyWY
Though few who know me know it,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ZsJRllufT
Longed for it to end.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOiMLMFCzBl
443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7wHj21k9Au
I've heard the sweet call,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5vmJe1xsJA
Whispered in my ear at times,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGkhw5MIQyQ
For self-oblivion.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUiDRaSrhC
443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUaeMzGPE7Y
But it always passed,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gybQbqkoX
Too many unfulfilled dreams,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwwB5429ZZ
I could not let die.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60wFRGs97U
443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1nt2oQHk04
Though not a young girl,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQh7wA6p3jq
I still can relate to pain,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6QU6fQ7L5
That's too hard to bear.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0HktjSz9KY
443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtoxNTUhlr
They bring tears of blood,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjyDj4w5xJ
Young colleagues' words with the pain,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXP4twGF1p4
They struggle to bear.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTThzqfqtG9
443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsh5lsSfWiQ
Doing themselves harm,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWHBJvoHQZA
To escape the greater pain,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡabipNzExnM
Of their precious lives.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfGyGcERIn
443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIuUEeZBEXr
I beg you each, please,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9TxGjQ8yG
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3tOPgEP71
No answers in them.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6m2CTkry1z
443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAtkqUUMVO
The answer's in you,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwuoXgmAJ4O
In that hidden spark buried,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHXeHVNS8N
Beneath all the pain.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7IwePpDPy
443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg50MWxus3a
Incredible YOU!443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeG3qx15inH
Unique, in the multiverse,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVBVsZ7A4R
No other like you.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIRkk6wXoZc
443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKJkSCzBej
No one with your skills,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDmmgmhc3Or
No other voice quite like yours,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNLO1P82TM
To sing us your truth.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8kGml8rYl1
443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85NRlrNNxm
Boundless potential,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDxHJXJJDJ
Still a tiny, precious seed,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXwQY5EK2hw
Waiting to take root.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIst13AvbP1
443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5O1HlvD7CY
Life's fetid manure,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlttxAmck6
With tears of joy and sorrow,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXxPXC4R7h
Will help you to bloom.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0JtOPC3zb
443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCjzupEGz0
The spark in your heart,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRX7Pqy4TdI
Will burst into flame in time,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8hou08rSCl
Through your poetry.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJpqAlmjjc
443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkhk1mBmvss
Purifying all,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxC3zyLVMSt
The specters and dark shadows,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt193Qk6MUM
That now haunt your nights.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjKaoS7zGLP
443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXNYd11fgq
Look in the mirror,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHNNt2JsIo
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLpNPpbD9cx
To that ember's glow.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHpmmWhr0g
443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN39HxCQ0fF
And know you will bloom,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZs3FmIndq
And your mighty bows will bear,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaVuiNT8aPL
The sweetest of fruit.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuCWuEpkDdQ
Though few who know me know it,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ZsJRllufT
Longed for it to end.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOiMLMFCzBl
443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7wHj21k9Au
I've heard the sweet call,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5vmJe1xsJA
Whispered in my ear at times,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGkhw5MIQyQ
For self-oblivion.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUiDRaSrhC
443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUaeMzGPE7Y
But it always passed,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gybQbqkoX
Too many unfulfilled dreams,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwwB5429ZZ
I could not let die.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60wFRGs97U
443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1nt2oQHk04
Though not a young girl,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQh7wA6p3jq
I still can relate to pain,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6QU6fQ7L5
That's too hard to bear.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0HktjSz9KY
443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtoxNTUhlr
They bring tears of blood,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjyDj4w5xJ
Young colleagues' words with the pain,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXP4twGF1p4
They struggle to bear.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTThzqfqtG9
443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsh5lsSfWiQ
Doing themselves harm,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWHBJvoHQZA
To escape the greater pain,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡabipNzExnM
Of their precious lives.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfGyGcERIn
443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIuUEeZBEXr
I beg you each, please,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9TxGjQ8yG
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3tOPgEP71
No answers in them.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6m2CTkry1z
443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAtkqUUMVO
The answer's in you,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwuoXgmAJ4O
In that hidden spark buried,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHXeHVNS8N
Beneath all the pain.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7IwePpDPy
443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg50MWxus3a
Incredible YOU!443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeG3qx15inH
Unique, in the multiverse,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVBVsZ7A4R
No other like you.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIRkk6wXoZc
443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKJkSCzBej
No one with your skills,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDmmgmhc3Or
No other voice quite like yours,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNLO1P82TM
To sing us your truth.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8kGml8rYl1
443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85NRlrNNxm
Boundless potential,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDxHJXJJDJ
Still a tiny, precious seed,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXwQY5EK2hw
Waiting to take root.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIst13AvbP1
443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5O1HlvD7CY
Life's fetid manure,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlttxAmck6
With tears of joy and sorrow,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXxPXC4R7h
Will help you to bloom.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0JtOPC3zb
443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCjzupEGz0
The spark in your heart,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRX7Pqy4TdI
Will burst into flame in time,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8hou08rSCl
Through your poetry.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJpqAlmjjc
443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkhk1mBmvss
Purifying all,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxC3zyLVMSt
The specters and dark shadows,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt193Qk6MUM
That now haunt your nights.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjKaoS7zGLP
443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXNYd11fgq
Look in the mirror,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHNNt2JsIo
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLpNPpbD9cx
To that ember's glow.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHpmmWhr0g
443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN39HxCQ0fF
And know you will bloom,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZs3FmIndq
And your mighty bows will bear,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaVuiNT8aPL
The sweetest of fruit.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuCWuEpkDdQ
443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8ZMuS5Bi8
443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9UXajYtc5b
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 only443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqbAjWCFZF
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