I've known heartbreak too,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmf9r9OIkBT
Though few who know me know it,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9D97nVs1T
Longed for it to end.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Jla0CvCWO
73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqth2I27Orh
I've heard the sweet call,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Grzbg4iF8
Whispered in my ear at times,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFmL68ai2oS
For self-oblivion.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDZ90Md00X
73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7wxNeM4Yk
But it always passed,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlaY2R3riDU
Too many unfulfilled dreams,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCTBYmy630
I could not let die.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcChSNhaoew
73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCElFwcLwpa
Though not a young girl,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhiJTRTAHr3
I still can relate to pain,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡljnNHwaGPc
That's too hard to bear.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgB7I2yvZH
73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0VLWai0xl
They bring tears of blood,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXu0DQ46he
Young colleagues' words with the pain,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkWdprjHsJk
They struggle to bear.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD0EAv0X2WW
73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEY2q2tv0Xk
Doing themselves harm,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9IinLV28ee
To escape the greater pain,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCgDHtRVsN
Of their precious lives.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh4x5OSJgOw
73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGrcLdvIb7
I beg you each, please,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMFjdshisfy
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2Rmn5iHLn
No answers in them.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVILmAUaZES
73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbUOHkWdSZ
The answer's in you,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡukqScyM21l
In that hidden spark buried,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7SjVZEXk1Y
Beneath all the pain.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtUTpkuQI5
73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKB3fX58Zh
Incredible YOU!73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBB0zaABiu
Unique, in the multiverse,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0e1DJUsBFn
No other like you.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnU3aiFrxmg
73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡicduSH4iJA
No one with your skills,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXJ6kvR8E0
No other voice quite like yours,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGk3ytwDT1B
To sing us your truth.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmKEIL3ylP
73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZp1ROMN8p
Boundless potential,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQDmKwDvY5
Still a tiny, precious seed,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI8NkvP5CCo
Waiting to take root.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuu3Qjs8yBs
73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2uBbSWg9S
Life's fetid manure,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzsgDglhsD
With tears of joy and sorrow,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1hYk2AVDs
Will help you to bloom.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ2TuCWxihR
73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhqkLZpt3g
The spark in your heart,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfA22AkQKZS
Will burst into flame in time,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg7ODASdQ0D
Through your poetry.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBI3uN2pkar
73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulWxWO0e1n
Purifying all,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXassn4yYs
The specters and dark shadows,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT0Hc1plg0z
That now haunt your nights.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡheAUV8444Q
73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZ41VlucgP
Look in the mirror,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ58HjtNGzb
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlm5jDR411a
To that ember's glow.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtm4Rw88YXp
73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3hIxBtCpgo
And know you will bloom,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6n6ZK5sxZ
And your mighty bows will bear,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsW8ONfAEym
The sweetest of fruit.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZfhQN0KgpF
Though few who know me know it,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9D97nVs1T
Longed for it to end.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Jla0CvCWO
73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqth2I27Orh
I've heard the sweet call,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Grzbg4iF8
Whispered in my ear at times,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFmL68ai2oS
For self-oblivion.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDZ90Md00X
73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7wxNeM4Yk
But it always passed,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlaY2R3riDU
Too many unfulfilled dreams,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCTBYmy630
I could not let die.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcChSNhaoew
73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCElFwcLwpa
Though not a young girl,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhiJTRTAHr3
I still can relate to pain,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡljnNHwaGPc
That's too hard to bear.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgB7I2yvZH
73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0VLWai0xl
They bring tears of blood,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXu0DQ46he
Young colleagues' words with the pain,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkWdprjHsJk
They struggle to bear.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD0EAv0X2WW
73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEY2q2tv0Xk
Doing themselves harm,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9IinLV28ee
To escape the greater pain,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCgDHtRVsN
Of their precious lives.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh4x5OSJgOw
73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGrcLdvIb7
I beg you each, please,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMFjdshisfy
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2Rmn5iHLn
No answers in them.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVILmAUaZES
73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbUOHkWdSZ
The answer's in you,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡukqScyM21l
In that hidden spark buried,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7SjVZEXk1Y
Beneath all the pain.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtUTpkuQI5
73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKB3fX58Zh
Incredible YOU!73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBB0zaABiu
Unique, in the multiverse,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0e1DJUsBFn
No other like you.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnU3aiFrxmg
73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡicduSH4iJA
No one with your skills,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXJ6kvR8E0
No other voice quite like yours,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGk3ytwDT1B
To sing us your truth.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmKEIL3ylP
73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZp1ROMN8p
Boundless potential,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQDmKwDvY5
Still a tiny, precious seed,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI8NkvP5CCo
Waiting to take root.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuu3Qjs8yBs
73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2uBbSWg9S
Life's fetid manure,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzsgDglhsD
With tears of joy and sorrow,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1hYk2AVDs
Will help you to bloom.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ2TuCWxihR
73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhqkLZpt3g
The spark in your heart,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfA22AkQKZS
Will burst into flame in time,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg7ODASdQ0D
Through your poetry.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBI3uN2pkar
73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulWxWO0e1n
Purifying all,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXassn4yYs
The specters and dark shadows,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT0Hc1plg0z
That now haunt your nights.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡheAUV8444Q
73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZ41VlucgP
Look in the mirror,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ58HjtNGzb
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlm5jDR411a
To that ember's glow.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtm4Rw88YXp
73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3hIxBtCpgo
And know you will bloom,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6n6ZK5sxZ
And your mighty bows will bear,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsW8ONfAEym
The sweetest of fruit.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZfhQN0KgpF
73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgRlANQVM2C
73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEaf8uL4mDn
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 only73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRESvY3Zr7c
and then Add to home screen.