I've known heartbreak too,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsWcYyUaUSr
Though few who know me know it,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRcUeExGh80
Longed for it to end.158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNVvygP7oEG
158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4gAlwhaG3
I've heard the sweet call,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡszO8yRL4dC
Whispered in my ear at times,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMnCyNf000
For self-oblivion.158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZ35abORoE
158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCknsAO9pe
But it always passed,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41MHR9r2OZ
Too many unfulfilled dreams,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVhZYs99qY
I could not let die.158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvgpZtPWUPK
158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWw4Ka4n794
Though not a young girl,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡio9ppAXQPO
I still can relate to pain,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGGvknqPkm
That's too hard to bear.158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9jslX3Bdb
158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5z6BC0piqe
They bring tears of blood,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0tIQOhcnYJ
Young colleagues' words with the pain,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxlXlDq3NkH
They struggle to bear.158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwgOGgYKoR3
158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzlk612wUY
Doing themselves harm,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23WX9nWh8W
To escape the greater pain,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvXVet9bCF3
Of their precious lives.158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4mZdv9nNH
158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRf0BJI5mbK
I beg you each, please,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpvst4CJy0x
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZeopwosX3W
No answers in them.158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTUjdO7lCr
158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8qUfzkWSh0
The answer's in you,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZCvTEkLlCv
In that hidden spark buried,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe8ucejI7T4
Beneath all the pain.158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNnOdyxaPt
158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWcD94bPhIA
Incredible YOU!158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96haDGn7cw
Unique, in the multiverse,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ETEQMzqCY
No other like you.158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ16kF35aNX
158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgc55GXwtO
No one with your skills,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHoOPu69BC
No other voice quite like yours,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBtQGHPMPS
To sing us your truth.158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfuDr2ShVc3
158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8ycAfQxD5
Boundless potential,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn5CO9TAXoE
Still a tiny, precious seed,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4NeOdrrfp
Waiting to take root.158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB52QmRbhlY
158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOigPi7zOx4
Life's fetid manure,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaDLPH5DXtg
With tears of joy and sorrow,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0OAG5hDIH
Will help you to bloom.158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZoLWuRPlCJ
158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvyMuDgvvQK
The spark in your heart,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH8mK3Z13B6
Will burst into flame in time,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnwxzjyGdlj
Through your poetry.158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPYtkMSHID
158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8sRz2Is0iN
Purifying all,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOcVCuQlSQg
The specters and dark shadows,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡip1I3uf70O
That now haunt your nights.158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjkBCxIQmbR
158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLAjUhDBDs7
Look in the mirror,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhqSz8RvYVB
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ08VlWa4OEV
To that ember's glow.158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasi21SsSa1
158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcI5skBBUYT
And know you will bloom,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFEtJMOxWg8
And your mighty bows will bear,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJuOo4VouNE
The sweetest of fruit.

NOTE: As is usual for me , I wrote this piece in one sitting. It is largely stream of consciousness focused on poems I read before writing it (2019) by young poets, mostly young women, about cutting and other forms of self-harm in response to pain one cannot deal with. Some are beautiful, powerful pieces. I realize (hope) some may have been fiction, though I doubt it. All break my heart and make me feel completely powerless--other than to make an encouraging comment I know will mean very little if read. 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 only.