I've known heartbreak too,154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMplJh5Q8YE
Though few who know me know it,154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAD5jAVJ8B
Longed for it to end.154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZO1LeBZI6
154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf71vDFVMlu
I've heard the sweet call,154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLnOMzhP1au
Whispered in my ear at times,154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEFSIaIrSQ7
For self-oblivion.154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH5dxSIsB3V
154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzdMdvbRLi
But it always passed,154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjq2FEIB4iS
Too many unfulfilled dreams,154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsZiuDYbww
I could not let die.154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6NTwn3rqJe
154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLNohY1pkr
Though not a young girl,154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDafQIgJpIA
I still can relate to pain,154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2CluHbhpvi
That's too hard to bear.154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BCJZRshIZ
154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLCEYgcyhQ9
They bring tears of blood,154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkEdpoOZgwN
Young colleagues' words with the pain,154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdxkCSyvki
They struggle to bear.154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWpu54GlZZw
154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSFxXjrmNxD
Doing themselves harm,154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY6aUzDxge1
To escape the greater pain,154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6DdlPAIB3f
Of their precious lives.154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7FoICZwuKa
154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTeF8cZVtR8
I beg you each, please,154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIOTOqNv4EI
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxQzY3quR7
No answers in them.154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaEuiCkwVdi
154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVdS88kf9HD
The answer's in you,154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8GLCrjXyu9
In that hidden spark buried,154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtmdp6sOW4G
Beneath all the pain.154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKOh7jYf68k
154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRTlXA3TGY
Incredible YOU!154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl0pl4ajYKn
Unique, in the multiverse,154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfXXVzmTwmK
No other like you.154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWJgO725FG
154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLjX46vOKi
No one with your skills,154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhe0lZ8esn
No other voice quite like yours,154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvEUCjLZtOQ
To sing us your truth.154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOBCy56eUq
154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLCDqtv97qz
Boundless potential,154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1xkVFPYuV0
Still a tiny, precious seed,154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkdzsgsxu76
Waiting to take root.154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePiE6fbu9n
154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡULZpN8zxyB
Life's fetid manure,154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSx84oJRAiN
With tears of joy and sorrow,154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTR2VzMAbeh
Will help you to bloom.154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqycF3QoDwO
154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj1W8KixuFm
The spark in your heart,154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRBOoOEwpza
Will burst into flame in time,154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0NItCWFXa
Through your poetry.154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcbD23tdivm
154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAanu2NP9Kp
Purifying all,154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXqlDRUWNOK
The specters and dark shadows,154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTaC1QKyYRX
That now haunt your nights.154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡheFqUBGKwa
154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKLKPwe3Fk9
Look in the mirror,154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97HGYHFXId
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsyt2NtmxDC
To that ember's glow.154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkuRZ1iEr1h
154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1YufFPbkUx
And know you will bloom,154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIemiAVcKDa
And your mighty bows will bear,154Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9BU7DyLom
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.