I've known heartbreak too,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77FLmzDp8b
Though few who know me know it,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ZS7eYddie
Longed for it to end.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7vXX3Enw5E
121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdn6GteBiEV
I've heard the sweet call,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAQL03lXjr
Whispered in my ear at times,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpMy2RvfuSg
For self-oblivion.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUHDyjDoMxE
121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkPqj2Jm2jl
But it always passed,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwqQtmyn98s
Too many unfulfilled dreams,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9YNtcgT25
I could not let die.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwjaGOZvIdG
121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡljQBBoTs4T
Though not a young girl,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxncThCJvhq
I still can relate to pain,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcViQGcq5L2
That's too hard to bear.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdevlYhoFeZ
121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5yUlSCN23
They bring tears of blood,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVUyg5zDlH
Young colleagues' words with the pain,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGiQFCtKC5d
They struggle to bear.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGSIBGafVY
121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡes5ZBJmwfS
Doing themselves harm,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8Knbxh1Kn
To escape the greater pain,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVcC0enaoe1
Of their precious lives.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvbK4vciBbO
121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡch46O8h58n
I beg you each, please,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTgGaiI7CV
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ909fGPRpMs
No answers in them.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxznsetETvT
121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXB08shZS0Y
The answer's in you,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE4F5vTUTPm
In that hidden spark buried,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1YBNoBMJZ
Beneath all the pain.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQcGPbRZ5C
121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkFNVcPyrw
Incredible YOU!121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGL16FY9XBz
Unique, in the multiverse,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ74x5fV9N8f
No other like you.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmDxv7VhQO
121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGJTP7hjfU
No one with your skills,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPxir7eSyt
No other voice quite like yours,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDIWbV4n9v
To sing us your truth.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLJdUB7GFEr
121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeCKWzCmAyU
Boundless potential,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqTwHrzKel
Still a tiny, precious seed,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0cw2KHExHB
Waiting to take root.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBieAJ9oaI
121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJiiIAfbUg9
Life's fetid manure,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFjCtNoaUQ
With tears of joy and sorrow,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECHERq75iF
Will help you to bloom.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvyTZAWVq7
121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3GHsDS0ZX
The spark in your heart,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWDVLEhhGa
Will burst into flame in time,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0WA35vUOcn
Through your poetry.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn4fAXQd2Yd
121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5sjtEny57
Purifying all,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFNhmcCNpUy
The specters and dark shadows,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡakcbqxGLPb
That now haunt your nights.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXPWOfzUT2
121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ZKJTnPyHy
Look in the mirror,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoBIWmGs29u
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGgP7jchu3
To that ember's glow.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbciSMNJhkt
121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPssB9TVFgL
And know you will bloom,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4qjkN3mHf
And your mighty bows will bear,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjGFuvTfOqT
The sweetest of fruit.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1FBgBLV8kA
Though few who know me know it,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ZS7eYddie
Longed for it to end.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7vXX3Enw5E
121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdn6GteBiEV
I've heard the sweet call,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAQL03lXjr
Whispered in my ear at times,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpMy2RvfuSg
For self-oblivion.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUHDyjDoMxE
121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkPqj2Jm2jl
But it always passed,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwqQtmyn98s
Too many unfulfilled dreams,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9YNtcgT25
I could not let die.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwjaGOZvIdG
121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡljQBBoTs4T
Though not a young girl,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxncThCJvhq
I still can relate to pain,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcViQGcq5L2
That's too hard to bear.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdevlYhoFeZ
121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5yUlSCN23
They bring tears of blood,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVUyg5zDlH
Young colleagues' words with the pain,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGiQFCtKC5d
They struggle to bear.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGSIBGafVY
121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡes5ZBJmwfS
Doing themselves harm,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8Knbxh1Kn
To escape the greater pain,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVcC0enaoe1
Of their precious lives.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvbK4vciBbO
121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡch46O8h58n
I beg you each, please,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTgGaiI7CV
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ909fGPRpMs
No answers in them.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxznsetETvT
121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXB08shZS0Y
The answer's in you,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE4F5vTUTPm
In that hidden spark buried,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1YBNoBMJZ
Beneath all the pain.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQcGPbRZ5C
121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkFNVcPyrw
Incredible YOU!121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGL16FY9XBz
Unique, in the multiverse,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ74x5fV9N8f
No other like you.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmDxv7VhQO
121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGJTP7hjfU
No one with your skills,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPxir7eSyt
No other voice quite like yours,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDIWbV4n9v
To sing us your truth.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLJdUB7GFEr
121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeCKWzCmAyU
Boundless potential,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqTwHrzKel
Still a tiny, precious seed,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0cw2KHExHB
Waiting to take root.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBieAJ9oaI
121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJiiIAfbUg9
Life's fetid manure,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFjCtNoaUQ
With tears of joy and sorrow,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECHERq75iF
Will help you to bloom.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvyTZAWVq7
121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3GHsDS0ZX
The spark in your heart,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWDVLEhhGa
Will burst into flame in time,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0WA35vUOcn
Through your poetry.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn4fAXQd2Yd
121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5sjtEny57
Purifying all,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFNhmcCNpUy
The specters and dark shadows,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡakcbqxGLPb
That now haunt your nights.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXPWOfzUT2
121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ZKJTnPyHy
Look in the mirror,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoBIWmGs29u
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGgP7jchu3
To that ember's glow.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbciSMNJhkt
121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPssB9TVFgL
And know you will bloom,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4qjkN3mHf
And your mighty bows will bear,121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjGFuvTfOqT
The sweetest of fruit.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1FBgBLV8kA
121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDThHL06J0K
121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU2t2KK0Wtb
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 only121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2YShIlUE0b
and then Add to home screen.