I've known heartbreak too,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEpfUEcvpLt
Though few who know me know it,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWfeIa94R0n
Longed for it to end.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX37DBDBDHM
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYxTQaErDmz
I've heard the sweet call,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPiucoUFC8
Whispered in my ear at times,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdvz31TADpx
For self-oblivion.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWhsf0z3UZa
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGM6XuH6Rj
But it always passed,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXEWH6XhrQN
Too many unfulfilled dreams,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGz3lQKzyT
I could not let die.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz28oynfbPL
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVS1YeoO9hW
Though not a young girl,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDvZcTDbSA3
I still can relate to pain,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpFu0NqNdNQ
That's too hard to bear.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOBl7VqvwJ8
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsUhtUee4fm
They bring tears of blood,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvuidkxvjx
Young colleagues' words with the pain,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZh8d9UAxoW
They struggle to bear.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPgzBpaeRdB
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaGVnXkr8Vh
Doing themselves harm,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoAez3Iu1lD
To escape the greater pain,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4EFrx3ASth
Of their precious lives.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjKAiy3uvFf
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYESQzqtzHN
I beg you each, please,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjg81o8d3MY
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡldAcPixaXD
No answers in them.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSoyjDvJoNi
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqCfv5BLBs
The answer's in you,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXEY113yc8F
In that hidden spark buried,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLYv6vbctcl
Beneath all the pain.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3eqzqZKdQc
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6DE9jI6Qcl
Incredible YOU!126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfoWzXQQIK
Unique, in the multiverse,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHDn7wd55M
No other like you.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwbq7amKolg
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgv1JtCAVva
No one with your skills,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLxcmxaTHoW
No other voice quite like yours,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgEV6mJ36zY
To sing us your truth.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWbAohBa6I
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6R9p1DPaN2
Boundless potential,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM0FSDEyYU4
Still a tiny, precious seed,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqHSsszwIf
Waiting to take root.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCs3K6vGY6
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡea0sR8r2W2
Life's fetid manure,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA87pWHRcTC
With tears of joy and sorrow,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdEK79EqOS
Will help you to bloom.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1LvX17qNc
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59N3Phupa4
The spark in your heart,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD9quELn3Yq
Will burst into flame in time,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41ZW5R8y8f
Through your poetry.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2Hb38jbKG
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0scrKmwOX
Purifying all,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdhpnsc82W7
The specters and dark shadows,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5EzsYImOB
That now haunt your nights.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFknkE7hBHv
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXWgE25vzkT
Look in the mirror,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡckyCDmMiQP
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKFuFSJkmvx
To that ember's glow.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcKeuoGyPqK
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmM2fcIWxlT
And know you will bloom,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2tjBCh1fp
And your mighty bows will bear,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBvM1GeD3sy
The sweetest of fruit.

NOTE: As is usual for me , I wrote this piece in one sitting. It is largely stream of consciousness focused on poems I read before writing it (2019) by young poets, mostly young women, about cutting and other forms of self-harm in response to pain one cannot deal with. Some are beautiful, powerful pieces. I realize (hope) some may have been fiction, though I doubt it. All break my heart and make me feel completely powerless--other than to make an encouraging comment I know will mean very little if read. 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 only.