I've known heartbreak too,378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEgXmmmFZX
Though few who know me know it,378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3r4v0trjXg
Longed for it to end.378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8rETvQjiuT
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I've heard the sweet call,378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtd6F92BEXl
Whispered in my ear at times,378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5qjltmxC3
For self-oblivion.378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2B24rHjoO2
378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKg7DJR2FIF
But it always passed,378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJX7iVyPb7
Too many unfulfilled dreams,378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5sO1QbdewO
I could not let die.378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTzXdwF4X8j
378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDt7J72DHF
Though not a young girl,378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzSTq4fXEfL
I still can relate to pain,378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsIbrFKW2ba
That's too hard to bear.378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzkGkNUvGH
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They bring tears of blood,378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsO1hCNBNdb
Young colleagues' words with the pain,378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKr3fa6UqMH
They struggle to bear.378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMjLfNOWujk
378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gBg9SCLUy
Doing themselves harm,378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnv1ctCEoVF
To escape the greater pain,378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5XzXycm3cX
Of their precious lives.378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ40leYUlDbt
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I beg you each, please,378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSADLyQPBR
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUARwN0b6J
No answers in them.378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrNmFSrdvI
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The answer's in you,378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwdLVcZW0bo
In that hidden spark buried,378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡot9XPaN9ZY
Beneath all the pain.378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKH8yRordxv
378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCbOBTJoKgd
Incredible YOU!378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT0lSPunEuA
Unique, in the multiverse,378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUgC466BYM9
No other like you.378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHKsaJUeqVp
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No one with your skills,378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEdbuvFCpR2
No other voice quite like yours,378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuEMhCovSEO
To sing us your truth.378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmB50i1fkMD
378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnIRqpfYWFX
Boundless potential,378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2rum5M8h4t
Still a tiny, precious seed,378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3HnbhZcZG
Waiting to take root.378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJMWOV2S1Mt
378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkyogGjIII
Life's fetid manure,378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtaxNqjSBpG
With tears of joy and sorrow,378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD51f7NwsI7
Will help you to bloom.378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQIEjBrNP0
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The spark in your heart,378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5huWSzCsga
Will burst into flame in time,378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZaIfvoV32
Through your poetry.378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6PyZzAszXe
378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFNO6LMXvl
Purifying all,378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJVGD0w8Whk
The specters and dark shadows,378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQ5JFggla2
That now haunt your nights.378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbyYn0Kwl0
378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡanTj7IjaGG
Look in the mirror,378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLbRfzrin4
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3M5mvC7Zz8
To that ember's glow.378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5bzAgzFJcA
378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVq7D2Oka6N
And know you will bloom,378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Zn2eUV9Lb
And your mighty bows will bear,378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2mfScZCp9G
The sweetest of fruit.378Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBFpUzPLxPK

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.