I've known heartbreak too,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTQ997oBqs
Though few who know me know it,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1E3JetpUsO
Longed for it to end.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA02XpqZRVm
71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH6iH6IwfZu
I've heard the sweet call,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTUSBgZSVb
Whispered in my ear at times,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKWXwl61uL
For self-oblivion.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ006wtz6lAO
71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeoxKuLOnAT
But it always passed,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoOjsPZqzIL
Too many unfulfilled dreams,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5DhyQfAG4
I could not let die.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59ZD8CFgyA
71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNchBuKnCft
Though not a young girl,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndVpzfahVh
I still can relate to pain,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGsXZRJUDu
That's too hard to bear.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzcDU1tpOn
71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡygNmoVRD1r
They bring tears of blood,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxpIlvBauh2
Young colleagues' words with the pain,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg29VYuhZM6
They struggle to bear.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBEnpiXRJt
71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxJCydtl4qB
Doing themselves harm,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbLKXHRMiT
To escape the greater pain,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxN0rzINjX
Of their precious lives.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12VaVAtxwu
71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxkDV3GZMo2
I beg you each, please,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW9v4KT5EJX
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ZdwlRrzZO
No answers in them.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4sFgbJpHKd
71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVWW8rn1Zfb
The answer's in you,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8PcyfgpU39
In that hidden spark buried,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzrfWNRQnqJ
Beneath all the pain.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQdTnK5sBHt
71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2weq2bJZ2
Incredible YOU!71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKEddhpFjb
Unique, in the multiverse,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSGA2FgA3Z
No other like you.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8SdMKixyLF
71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRiDCUL5Ll
No one with your skills,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMERdAx1Zm4
No other voice quite like yours,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKZUJYQMJq
To sing us your truth.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyyEpTy6jJk
71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzByx41kzs
Boundless potential,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl3lkg1YhdV
Still a tiny, precious seed,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1oaC27Wtf
Waiting to take root.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡezBmyNv9xo
71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQCXAFp4EWH
Life's fetid manure,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjQztkP93h
With tears of joy and sorrow,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPqyGML2uO
Will help you to bloom.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0LaujDLpo
71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYvHCkr4Tm
The spark in your heart,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBbdhCXrsvo
Will burst into flame in time,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDA8uDT2ih
Through your poetry.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG92R2nGFDJ
71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWoTpn9kLFI
Purifying all,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYOBtiFs2Yo
The specters and dark shadows,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuLZei2UHh5
That now haunt your nights.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzkz1DAPOBf
71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hI16wgjuB
Look in the mirror,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJqGOidib0
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0anGhPhro
To that ember's glow.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxK2qp4v9p
71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWUo8FWqSj
And know you will bloom,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCPp4hhPNX
And your mighty bows will bear,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmiFkNB3Lf
The sweetest of fruit.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdvVmbe4bAL
Though few who know me know it,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1E3JetpUsO
Longed for it to end.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA02XpqZRVm
71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH6iH6IwfZu
I've heard the sweet call,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTUSBgZSVb
Whispered in my ear at times,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKWXwl61uL
For self-oblivion.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ006wtz6lAO
71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeoxKuLOnAT
But it always passed,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoOjsPZqzIL
Too many unfulfilled dreams,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5DhyQfAG4
I could not let die.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59ZD8CFgyA
71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNchBuKnCft
Though not a young girl,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndVpzfahVh
I still can relate to pain,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGsXZRJUDu
That's too hard to bear.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzcDU1tpOn
71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡygNmoVRD1r
They bring tears of blood,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxpIlvBauh2
Young colleagues' words with the pain,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg29VYuhZM6
They struggle to bear.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBEnpiXRJt
71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxJCydtl4qB
Doing themselves harm,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbLKXHRMiT
To escape the greater pain,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxN0rzINjX
Of their precious lives.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12VaVAtxwu
71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxkDV3GZMo2
I beg you each, please,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW9v4KT5EJX
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ZdwlRrzZO
No answers in them.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4sFgbJpHKd
71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVWW8rn1Zfb
The answer's in you,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8PcyfgpU39
In that hidden spark buried,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzrfWNRQnqJ
Beneath all the pain.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQdTnK5sBHt
71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2weq2bJZ2
Incredible YOU!71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKEddhpFjb
Unique, in the multiverse,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSGA2FgA3Z
No other like you.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8SdMKixyLF
71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRiDCUL5Ll
No one with your skills,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMERdAx1Zm4
No other voice quite like yours,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKZUJYQMJq
To sing us your truth.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyyEpTy6jJk
71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzByx41kzs
Boundless potential,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl3lkg1YhdV
Still a tiny, precious seed,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1oaC27Wtf
Waiting to take root.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡezBmyNv9xo
71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQCXAFp4EWH
Life's fetid manure,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjQztkP93h
With tears of joy and sorrow,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPqyGML2uO
Will help you to bloom.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0LaujDLpo
71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYvHCkr4Tm
The spark in your heart,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBbdhCXrsvo
Will burst into flame in time,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDA8uDT2ih
Through your poetry.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG92R2nGFDJ
71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWoTpn9kLFI
Purifying all,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYOBtiFs2Yo
The specters and dark shadows,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuLZei2UHh5
That now haunt your nights.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzkz1DAPOBf
71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hI16wgjuB
Look in the mirror,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJqGOidib0
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0anGhPhro
To that ember's glow.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxK2qp4v9p
71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWUo8FWqSj
And know you will bloom,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCPp4hhPNX
And your mighty bows will bear,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmiFkNB3Lf
The sweetest of fruit.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdvVmbe4bAL
71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ92haC7V3GB
71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRoqyyHg6FW
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 only71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡia8xNvHfbN
and then Add to home screen.