I've known heartbreak too,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5leimAOVK9
Though few who know me know it,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjmaxr4xZQ
Longed for it to end.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvE4EkIqsrS
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYVXZhqp7Ly
I've heard the sweet call,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQZc73E0sD
Whispered in my ear at times,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNOd4eM3BUe
For self-oblivion.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoR64tSZx6Q
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNlLkghN0KP
But it always passed,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUHeU12cp9u
Too many unfulfilled dreams,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEuxHKVPx4
I could not let die.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjp6DBKkRq7
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRLYiiXjIZ
Though not a young girl,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDyWBUNxjm
I still can relate to pain,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ050TUq4wf
That's too hard to bear.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8YjLkJDEVl
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPoCugRg1lT
They bring tears of blood,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxAUM3NYD1T
Young colleagues' words with the pain,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaAPyvAvM3K
They struggle to bear.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzrldFvdpD
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡToiNAJQxCE
Doing themselves harm,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlNkkVgtL6y
To escape the greater pain,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWKuZcO4yLy
Of their precious lives.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3L4nIBosWm
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3mZRVr1jAb
I beg you each, please,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9iLbSVYEJ
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOxeFWxmE7O
No answers in them.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn48AOzdVFW
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rIVzHMnEH
The answer's in you,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJzTFHcJ16
In that hidden spark buried,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGSGlWpE2M4
Beneath all the pain.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTbXM1j1dgK
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpMIg2mAtcg
Incredible YOU!74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg785UKQCcI
Unique, in the multiverse,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXfIDYg0yM
No other like you.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBcCWfrezde
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhshcF7VRvM
No one with your skills,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIeaZ5ikRDT
No other voice quite like yours,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLgPyZbilR1
To sing us your truth.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizGVuCl81c
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJBiWT9g4OO
Boundless potential,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0JTwjGliM
Still a tiny, precious seed,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlLC3PpszJq
Waiting to take root.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVAFC8S4eoT
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQyypM6s0L2
Life's fetid manure,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyfkxNlC9oR
With tears of joy and sorrow,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJh0sBQdVeb
Will help you to bloom.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDus6EGCoq
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhx92cPNcbB
The spark in your heart,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBmXmC1SPer
Will burst into flame in time,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡScCsL4eyj8
Through your poetry.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUUFzNv6Sbg
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa2EPS1hY4k
Purifying all,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsZz1r0vgh
The specters and dark shadows,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCFue4t3DRg
That now haunt your nights.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT7PvzF0Nxc
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHtaQz8E0Nn
Look in the mirror,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM3hdgTFNmU
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM0DJdp959q
To that ember's glow.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsROJv1zHx
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD6cQ79AhZp
And know you will bloom,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRFMszcCxn8
And your mighty bows will bear,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN7X89sYGK7
The sweetest of fruit.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdPnVuem8k
Though few who know me know it,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjmaxr4xZQ
Longed for it to end.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvE4EkIqsrS
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYVXZhqp7Ly
I've heard the sweet call,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQZc73E0sD
Whispered in my ear at times,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNOd4eM3BUe
For self-oblivion.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoR64tSZx6Q
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNlLkghN0KP
But it always passed,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUHeU12cp9u
Too many unfulfilled dreams,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEuxHKVPx4
I could not let die.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjp6DBKkRq7
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRLYiiXjIZ
Though not a young girl,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDyWBUNxjm
I still can relate to pain,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ050TUq4wf
That's too hard to bear.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8YjLkJDEVl
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPoCugRg1lT
They bring tears of blood,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxAUM3NYD1T
Young colleagues' words with the pain,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaAPyvAvM3K
They struggle to bear.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzrldFvdpD
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡToiNAJQxCE
Doing themselves harm,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlNkkVgtL6y
To escape the greater pain,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWKuZcO4yLy
Of their precious lives.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3L4nIBosWm
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3mZRVr1jAb
I beg you each, please,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9iLbSVYEJ
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOxeFWxmE7O
No answers in them.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn48AOzdVFW
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rIVzHMnEH
The answer's in you,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJzTFHcJ16
In that hidden spark buried,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGSGlWpE2M4
Beneath all the pain.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTbXM1j1dgK
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpMIg2mAtcg
Incredible YOU!74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg785UKQCcI
Unique, in the multiverse,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXfIDYg0yM
No other like you.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBcCWfrezde
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhshcF7VRvM
No one with your skills,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIeaZ5ikRDT
No other voice quite like yours,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLgPyZbilR1
To sing us your truth.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizGVuCl81c
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJBiWT9g4OO
Boundless potential,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0JTwjGliM
Still a tiny, precious seed,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlLC3PpszJq
Waiting to take root.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVAFC8S4eoT
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQyypM6s0L2
Life's fetid manure,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyfkxNlC9oR
With tears of joy and sorrow,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJh0sBQdVeb
Will help you to bloom.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDus6EGCoq
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhx92cPNcbB
The spark in your heart,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBmXmC1SPer
Will burst into flame in time,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡScCsL4eyj8
Through your poetry.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUUFzNv6Sbg
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa2EPS1hY4k
Purifying all,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsZz1r0vgh
The specters and dark shadows,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCFue4t3DRg
That now haunt your nights.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT7PvzF0Nxc
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHtaQz8E0Nn
Look in the mirror,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM3hdgTFNmU
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM0DJdp959q
To that ember's glow.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsROJv1zHx
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD6cQ79AhZp
And know you will bloom,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRFMszcCxn8
And your mighty bows will bear,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN7X89sYGK7
The sweetest of fruit.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdPnVuem8k
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvXm07VuUq
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV3mYRr4uiO
As is usual for me this piece was written in one sitting and is largely stream of consciousness focused on poems I've read recently by young poets, mostly young women, about cutting and other forms of hurting oneself in response to pain one cannot deal with. Some are beautiful, powerful pieces. All break my heart and make me feel completely powerless--other than to make an encouraging comment I know will mean very little. 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 only74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg3b2eBh9oc
and then Add to home screen.