I've known heartbreak too,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDkG2rm9EVK
Though few who know me know it,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCbiCzervw
Longed for it to end.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFOAVh7CDc
72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkC5KMH5JhI
I've heard the sweet call,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJ6QYdCkHK
Whispered in my ear at times,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMO2WRybYXq
For self-oblivion.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6D1E6THlD
72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgWw7Z1JEJ
But it always passed,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdLHlM5MHGg
Too many unfulfilled dreams,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgR8YwGhDrg
I could not let die.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVYwV9lo1zj
72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaXvuPpYvvb
Though not a young girl,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjTh4Ay8oUY
I still can relate to pain,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmrYwEeoHni
That's too hard to bear.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qeh4802nB
72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX8gi38C6iz
They bring tears of blood,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDq4YRj3Ocy
Young colleagues' words with the pain,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP27hd4ivQE
They struggle to bear.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC3n7UkpBbA
72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5Ck4lzrzC
Doing themselves harm,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0ocLcRT8S
To escape the greater pain,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9WPNhi6NpT
Of their precious lives.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGhzcOMorf
72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHkE0MbsKyk
I beg you each, please,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrVLq2wEJY
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQqHprCBF1
No answers in them.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVgE5Uloan
72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGAX10bgAH
The answer's in you,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZgERzcqlzv
In that hidden spark buried,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUvkxqHtsP7
Beneath all the pain.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKveHeqZVkx
72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVv01TTQSIw
Incredible YOU!72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNH0cchz5lw
Unique, in the multiverse,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmJ2kbIE5D6
No other like you.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQhew9DlGqo
72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusMdEevjav
No one with your skills,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgRpkcqIWnR
No other voice quite like yours,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Wd7wk2Y9N
To sing us your truth.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCK7hPB8g1
72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkFEDSLzGkJ
Boundless potential,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyiPaJwHvaX
Still a tiny, precious seed,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLohYphwYne
Waiting to take root.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlPvNSMDoU
72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZC84oOQqsv
Life's fetid manure,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUp9pcCqkGR
With tears of joy and sorrow,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1iS8iL5euz
Will help you to bloom.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNr7BjxS0mj
72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrD7myJkmat
The spark in your heart,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhLnbiGFv0O
Will burst into flame in time,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWbgK3AiKaJ
Through your poetry.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBM4XtXCH4g
72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVeYYphNH2a
Purifying all,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0hrSXZNnU
The specters and dark shadows,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC4nb2tdx4p
That now haunt your nights.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwXidi1jfsu
72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoyvFECTFyJ
Look in the mirror,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwVm4RBLnj
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡleAnCn48AW
To that ember's glow.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEItBcgjUDv
72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPaZLkGPScc
And know you will bloom,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNdhdBwzvH
And your mighty bows will bear,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYnhsyp1p1E
The sweetest of fruit.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvw61HKuov3
Though few who know me know it,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCbiCzervw
Longed for it to end.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFOAVh7CDc
72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkC5KMH5JhI
I've heard the sweet call,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJ6QYdCkHK
Whispered in my ear at times,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMO2WRybYXq
For self-oblivion.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6D1E6THlD
72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgWw7Z1JEJ
But it always passed,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdLHlM5MHGg
Too many unfulfilled dreams,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgR8YwGhDrg
I could not let die.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVYwV9lo1zj
72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaXvuPpYvvb
Though not a young girl,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjTh4Ay8oUY
I still can relate to pain,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmrYwEeoHni
That's too hard to bear.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qeh4802nB
72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX8gi38C6iz
They bring tears of blood,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDq4YRj3Ocy
Young colleagues' words with the pain,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP27hd4ivQE
They struggle to bear.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC3n7UkpBbA
72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5Ck4lzrzC
Doing themselves harm,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0ocLcRT8S
To escape the greater pain,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9WPNhi6NpT
Of their precious lives.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGhzcOMorf
72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHkE0MbsKyk
I beg you each, please,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrVLq2wEJY
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQqHprCBF1
No answers in them.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVgE5Uloan
72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGAX10bgAH
The answer's in you,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZgERzcqlzv
In that hidden spark buried,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUvkxqHtsP7
Beneath all the pain.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKveHeqZVkx
72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVv01TTQSIw
Incredible YOU!72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNH0cchz5lw
Unique, in the multiverse,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmJ2kbIE5D6
No other like you.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQhew9DlGqo
72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusMdEevjav
No one with your skills,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgRpkcqIWnR
No other voice quite like yours,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Wd7wk2Y9N
To sing us your truth.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCK7hPB8g1
72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkFEDSLzGkJ
Boundless potential,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyiPaJwHvaX
Still a tiny, precious seed,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLohYphwYne
Waiting to take root.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlPvNSMDoU
72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZC84oOQqsv
Life's fetid manure,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUp9pcCqkGR
With tears of joy and sorrow,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1iS8iL5euz
Will help you to bloom.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNr7BjxS0mj
72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrD7myJkmat
The spark in your heart,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhLnbiGFv0O
Will burst into flame in time,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWbgK3AiKaJ
Through your poetry.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBM4XtXCH4g
72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVeYYphNH2a
Purifying all,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0hrSXZNnU
The specters and dark shadows,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC4nb2tdx4p
That now haunt your nights.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwXidi1jfsu
72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoyvFECTFyJ
Look in the mirror,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwVm4RBLnj
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡleAnCn48AW
To that ember's glow.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEItBcgjUDv
72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPaZLkGPScc
And know you will bloom,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNdhdBwzvH
And your mighty bows will bear,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYnhsyp1p1E
The sweetest of fruit.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvw61HKuov3
72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAV8LOicINN
72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsKnNyuLCwX
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 only72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsKdOQIp4hi
and then Add to home screen.