I've known heartbreak too,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWORg4BivIk
Though few who know me know it,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5HZUISPulR
Longed for it to end.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgtUHzav5CO
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEnRHiWmsBz
I've heard the sweet call,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEUyGgW4n4p
Whispered in my ear at times,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzSyMZptPq
For self-oblivion.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPP58imNEvh
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtxqePaoJB
But it always passed,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKaOGJ6kOch
Too many unfulfilled dreams,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkPqoFb5LUw
I could not let die.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbThrm6T7h7
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFFEXzwVWj
Though not a young girl,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5MkLwkwnZ
I still can relate to pain,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡych36c0phe
That's too hard to bear.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8J7870Weo7
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrI7uskSjZw
They bring tears of blood,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjKEYqGvNlO
Young colleagues' words with the pain,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAP8xEL4QpT
They struggle to bear.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5b1He9jI8
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQxNMAnArUB
Doing themselves harm,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrzd28Tc5qy
To escape the greater pain,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGFoDfBgEc
Of their precious lives.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡULg4uPmwx9
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5h3qVU6ul
I beg you each, please,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU892Vzmu7q
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9zxJg37jR2
No answers in them.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4yNlPs5PYc
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsC4NplaURy
The answer's in you,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5Va2s7py9
In that hidden spark buried,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQHOiSGhx1
Beneath all the pain.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkkZgTbxjDF
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv6tOLpYH14
Incredible YOU!126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC09J1zLk9H
Unique, in the multiverse,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOEo9bJUI09
No other like you.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1hjNMAdDq6
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJcOaflVBFZ
No one with your skills,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQA7DmoPDzT
No other voice quite like yours,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVt8nNGLyyK
To sing us your truth.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbhPhIhGBVp
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWVWp4HZBe4
Boundless potential,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡid5j6JsUdY
Still a tiny, precious seed,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8JwcfRWz4k
Waiting to take root.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQKlPyFislq
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIp1dzw7Ofg
Life's fetid manure,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fb1vleL9X
With tears of joy and sorrow,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9myehL0I1M
Will help you to bloom.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudPwCnVe6I
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4lYpPTSgVp
The spark in your heart,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVJ0LbWYdQ
Will burst into flame in time,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxbXyYS97ki
Through your poetry.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDNWxdbjSc
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3uNAtEF4Ic
Purifying all,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQBhM0axzf
The specters and dark shadows,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzGi4jeWE4
That now haunt your nights.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Cl75xT1a1
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHXcllYi4l
Look in the mirror,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJE0Ia9UHV
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1nD3wKCZgr
To that ember's glow.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrtqn1Quqn
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKAeLk8mGN
And know you will bloom,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKsDB9hqNnZ
And your mighty bows will bear,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5MWbISxvZl
The sweetest of fruit.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsmnFFFnCuz
Though few who know me know it,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5HZUISPulR
Longed for it to end.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgtUHzav5CO
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEnRHiWmsBz
I've heard the sweet call,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEUyGgW4n4p
Whispered in my ear at times,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzSyMZptPq
For self-oblivion.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPP58imNEvh
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtxqePaoJB
But it always passed,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKaOGJ6kOch
Too many unfulfilled dreams,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkPqoFb5LUw
I could not let die.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbThrm6T7h7
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFFEXzwVWj
Though not a young girl,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5MkLwkwnZ
I still can relate to pain,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡych36c0phe
That's too hard to bear.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8J7870Weo7
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrI7uskSjZw
They bring tears of blood,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjKEYqGvNlO
Young colleagues' words with the pain,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAP8xEL4QpT
They struggle to bear.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5b1He9jI8
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQxNMAnArUB
Doing themselves harm,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrzd28Tc5qy
To escape the greater pain,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGFoDfBgEc
Of their precious lives.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡULg4uPmwx9
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5h3qVU6ul
I beg you each, please,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU892Vzmu7q
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9zxJg37jR2
No answers in them.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4yNlPs5PYc
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsC4NplaURy
The answer's in you,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5Va2s7py9
In that hidden spark buried,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQHOiSGhx1
Beneath all the pain.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkkZgTbxjDF
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv6tOLpYH14
Incredible YOU!126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC09J1zLk9H
Unique, in the multiverse,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOEo9bJUI09
No other like you.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1hjNMAdDq6
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJcOaflVBFZ
No one with your skills,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQA7DmoPDzT
No other voice quite like yours,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVt8nNGLyyK
To sing us your truth.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbhPhIhGBVp
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWVWp4HZBe4
Boundless potential,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡid5j6JsUdY
Still a tiny, precious seed,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8JwcfRWz4k
Waiting to take root.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQKlPyFislq
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIp1dzw7Ofg
Life's fetid manure,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fb1vleL9X
With tears of joy and sorrow,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9myehL0I1M
Will help you to bloom.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudPwCnVe6I
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4lYpPTSgVp
The spark in your heart,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVJ0LbWYdQ
Will burst into flame in time,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxbXyYS97ki
Through your poetry.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDNWxdbjSc
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3uNAtEF4Ic
Purifying all,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQBhM0axzf
The specters and dark shadows,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzGi4jeWE4
That now haunt your nights.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Cl75xT1a1
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHXcllYi4l
Look in the mirror,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJE0Ia9UHV
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1nD3wKCZgr
To that ember's glow.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrtqn1Quqn
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKAeLk8mGN
And know you will bloom,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKsDB9hqNnZ
And your mighty bows will bear,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5MWbISxvZl
The sweetest of fruit.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsmnFFFnCuz
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcE4DBduuOg
126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMEwo9qceyt
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 only126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9giLVJp6j4
and then Add to home screen.