I've known heartbreak too,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJLzeY4edbJ
Though few who know me know it,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwusxxPKeWl
Longed for it to end.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2qMKmS7Txl
105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr2jSBveXEf
I've heard the sweet call,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZChuAcGUDX
Whispered in my ear at times,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoU6gyav5UT
For self-oblivion.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZzAFHrrw8O
105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJE9wI8MvW
But it always passed,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkU8Y30cLGT
Too many unfulfilled dreams,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXI5KLmIRX3
I could not let die.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWwHTEWN9ki
105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmmf6bfNUXg
Though not a young girl,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbDIaw6blK
I still can relate to pain,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiGE9sWoKEk
That's too hard to bear.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Iwd59V1Sm
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They bring tears of blood,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC4c38KVjfT
Young colleagues' words with the pain,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHoHW5RadV
They struggle to bear.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Bw0bdUpsG
105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRrnCWSor0Z
Doing themselves harm,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXtDoIfIjK
To escape the greater pain,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa7ZmnEcp3A
Of their precious lives.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC3qmCQleJX
105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2pPMBVkz6
I beg you each, please,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg6dxxpRFJ4
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAOgohbS06U
No answers in them.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡekoMdDOKol
105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQOYqzsRTH
The answer's in you,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiAYnDJv92P
In that hidden spark buried,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8r7r6nRW5m
Beneath all the pain.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqOKHjHNlzZ
105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡem0MyjXMln
Incredible YOU!105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPNkTk1ju4
Unique, in the multiverse,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVFnHjabzx
No other like you.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAcWFnxrkWM
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No one with your skills,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9yRd4rz6G
No other voice quite like yours,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDucMKgMKKz
To sing us your truth.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHrDusYgGiy
105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOKHBYPw1S
Boundless potential,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB6ZsvU6W2p
Still a tiny, precious seed,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuRbYLm0UVs
Waiting to take root.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0gOCGR8J9k
105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhDqD5xGsPq
Life's fetid manure,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxn7bEnq9or
With tears of joy and sorrow,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1eEmsuD7uq
Will help you to bloom.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSke8NsP9lT
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The spark in your heart,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLuiemUSTno
Will burst into flame in time,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3wYfoHHCQk
Through your poetry.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa16oMtnyzr
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Purifying all,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFT4gL8Q3K
The specters and dark shadows,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoV3ogrdSU5
That now haunt your nights.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQZw72ySlWR
105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUTogbGVei
Look in the mirror,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡERBsjiYHdE
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjOJg9XvMYi
To that ember's glow.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFXwlgf6lR
105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu3Offq3dcp
And know you will bloom,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6aWnAmE3p
And your mighty bows will bear,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYtAh2ybDC
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.