I've known heartbreak too,131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMEzZGqnfS
Though few who know me know it,131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44072hkwlM
Longed for it to end.131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyc1fKMPJt8
131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgzY4oem9ny
I've heard the sweet call,131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCUEn7DSow7
Whispered in my ear at times,131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbrBpWGUlj
For self-oblivion.131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDEBtiQZOn
131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh3jOvLucyX
But it always passed,131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdSO7BMqynq
Too many unfulfilled dreams,131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPAikvq6MBM
I could not let die.131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAemNS4raD1
131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBiX9XsnJeN
Though not a young girl,131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprJv9uM225
I still can relate to pain,131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5viHTG3u5
That's too hard to bear.131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxU8JiH6zf8
131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOk9u8K15YK
They bring tears of blood,131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa7gnXaClM0
Young colleagues' words with the pain,131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWx8TO39R7y
They struggle to bear.131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOuVgE0xrhy
131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJ2Sj6D9i5
Doing themselves harm,131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVMg8cPE5Kf
To escape the greater pain,131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmtFmdT7HnR
Of their precious lives.131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3CrjfnCfDY
131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXVlpjg3T6g
I beg you each, please,131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRh259mIvBA
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2NmXsXwwyw
No answers in them.131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2jfTZdiOff
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The answer's in you,131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf7DCP8x5bX
In that hidden spark buried,131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡELoEYeoNyV
Beneath all the pain.131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFB5CQ4ZqfO
131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYC5L6of8Kv
Incredible YOU!131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3Eh2Ja4ye
Unique, in the multiverse,131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHiO3QHBwK
No other like you.131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBBH76fDxMs
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No one with your skills,131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNP4xl1qmLB
No other voice quite like yours,131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGIUeKVwhrW
To sing us your truth.131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0VtcQ4Nw4
131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOLEiHUU3VC
Boundless potential,131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41DIMS66td
Still a tiny, precious seed,131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbTs9jDwbq
Waiting to take root.131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡchd4mBmC73
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Life's fetid manure,131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6AWqhFAY7
With tears of joy and sorrow,131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡujQIrHaNi4
Will help you to bloom.131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7pKCxOjriN
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The spark in your heart,131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHxuJ8CWFaH
Will burst into flame in time,131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSk7J8z3uy4
Through your poetry.131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7sW2DNkBss
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Purifying all,131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbrTtSkP7E
The specters and dark shadows,131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRklfPB4rtD
That now haunt your nights.131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwLSgd3eSiS
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Look in the mirror,131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfNDh6j4h1
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjnTEBc0pkv
To that ember's glow.131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5d2CK8K3ii
131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUS8JN1F1i
And know you will bloom,131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOkLYXDeqcM
And your mighty bows will bear,131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3LYy0QDV5
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.