I've known heartbreak too,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡifuZtecJ6V
Though few who know me know it,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXrKHC3kFmh
Longed for it to end.96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeu15QsfaLt
96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMiZhe1pwMw
I've heard the sweet call,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl3R5YEjR9E
Whispered in my ear at times,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3n7xlX4LjN
For self-oblivion.96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9t8DqgECN8
96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvmOra3zhz3
But it always passed,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTbwzFeACvw
Too many unfulfilled dreams,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFCNlb2LMMo
I could not let die.96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1hWfoLAZAf
96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTAAe3quJH
Though not a young girl,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZXRcOC7tI
I still can relate to pain,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡylPEijwqE2
That's too hard to bear.96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWI2cG4Xfv9
96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡczBj9LfSVY
They bring tears of blood,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGEqTXU10GQ
Young colleagues' words with the pain,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjrC8DPYwC
They struggle to bear.96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡljUvVMpia4
96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYbEBwvOgGh
Doing themselves harm,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjiRKzZP93v
To escape the greater pain,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwSxgidtSq
Of their precious lives.96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKDhV44v538
96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx0pNrv12KG
I beg you each, please,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgjwTl2k4jB
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL45TbwSfRU
No answers in them.96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAE9WSvf54a
96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrnioFq9Gy9
The answer's in you,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1RdUMiKvA
In that hidden spark buried,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsBJkNu6q1E
Beneath all the pain.96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYWnKN6vjjY
96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfm1qHSJ2GQ
Incredible YOU!96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ63MtzOhnuN
Unique, in the multiverse,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1tjnQBcJoM
No other like you.96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKE4Yc8YY1k
96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVi1nedoHD
No one with your skills,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMjp3nzpL6
No other voice quite like yours,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Lh8pNGC0D
To sing us your truth.96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFn8xuvTTVh
96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7D8SzDLYoT
Boundless potential,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjWrd7rfqoW
Still a tiny, precious seed,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ynaJ0GVqA
Waiting to take root.96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbHEW0hzYI
96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4fM5eynYSn
Life's fetid manure,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1AhNt1HKF
With tears of joy and sorrow,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj1dvvIo1Yz
Will help you to bloom.96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2DlJmcMBvD
96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ReRKoyzij
The spark in your heart,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWfLThTKD2e
Will burst into flame in time,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkrCgE8zrA7
Through your poetry.96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYgHFdrRXYA
96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMDuUPR4LR9
Purifying all,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUbb7JpCXHE
The specters and dark shadows,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoPlNyx03GS
That now haunt your nights.96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡISpFZujrla
96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO29R2dFAev
Look in the mirror,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7pE0kYD3p3
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZ3x6Vkdc8
To that ember's glow.96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrF3WATR5Hj
96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFp5s1inA92
And know you will bloom,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJUC5AcEFPO
And your mighty bows will bear,96Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFWlVPSPA5I
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.