I've known heartbreak too,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCIVAMfh246
Though few who know me know it,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6CzQiQ09D
Longed for it to end.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWVQsAXvhsi
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I've heard the sweet call,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlDpTFi1e75
Whispered in my ear at times,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88IUTUb4G8
For self-oblivion.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM0MQ1RwOsf
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But it always passed,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfTMb3JSf4
Too many unfulfilled dreams,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOEMMEZtKjH
I could not let die.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PTWMl0Fga
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Though not a young girl,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJfOWBfmOh
I still can relate to pain,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4NQ8UnHxJ
That's too hard to bear.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnCCSCyv1OQ
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They bring tears of blood,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiyjAD5Fajo
Young colleagues' words with the pain,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOJg6rFe0K
They struggle to bear.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3wtxTDlmYC
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Doing themselves harm,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzD7gBPERq
To escape the greater pain,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqZ4NjJoNT
Of their precious lives.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjrGsVPwH8
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I beg you each, please,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQBuTzOXql
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QLbGXDNI9
No answers in them.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDIAsstXxur
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The answer's in you,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAqn7Df0oM1
In that hidden spark buried,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡalqybmw65R
Beneath all the pain.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZ8ME9AynQ
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Incredible YOU!153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvvOuAOCSd
Unique, in the multiverse,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgKE0iHY8sl
No other like you.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPklRIBJGZx
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No one with your skills,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgsRkIgvtHh
No other voice quite like yours,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXyI60DY01
To sing us your truth.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGRxkhWMrZ
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Boundless potential,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnurHmKYT6h
Still a tiny, precious seed,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5tbo4XJuq
Waiting to take root.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyNWG1fjJSz
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Life's fetid manure,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDaOXUqREE
With tears of joy and sorrow,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡErBqLIsc3v
Will help you to bloom.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ04vS6fAW5M
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The spark in your heart,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmyVLnwVAic
Will burst into flame in time,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCoWbxISGip
Through your poetry.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdVaUAYjPB
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Purifying all,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpsaItoG9Pd
The specters and dark shadows,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRfZ8SWSBW0
That now haunt your nights.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr2OrxoxCC0
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Look in the mirror,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGABx7QnieW
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7XtHGFZ6wi
To that ember's glow.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVL3BDiyhnN
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And know you will bloom,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzGdVI3Qzq9
And your mighty bows will bear,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqBNTw3TdK
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.