I've known heartbreak too,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGI8nBZxA5b
Though few who know me know it,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDjEXL2sRar
Longed for it to end.161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJuezrHWsCa
161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHoLpQN0cT
I've heard the sweet call,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6kn68qKegm
Whispered in my ear at times,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwP7n6UvtZb
For self-oblivion.161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvRU7hg2noX
161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxFfEKCWhw
But it always passed,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzx7qaoSm0G
Too many unfulfilled dreams,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQhCcl5cKA
I could not let die.161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDkiLQAx4gc
161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtsWf8Be3Re
Though not a young girl,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpmqcD0LwRr
I still can relate to pain,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfjsiKb6Ke
That's too hard to bear.161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWipG7zbwnQ
161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHTvu7Qviwj
They bring tears of blood,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2iibbVOc3h
Young colleagues' words with the pain,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KbXhdVLbC
They struggle to bear.161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpyqqcYGzl3
161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8UCx2ez1A
Doing themselves harm,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVDTPLQ4ZS
To escape the greater pain,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdK7GVVi8x
Of their precious lives.161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcyBvBuxPlB
161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwXtTRnkBx
I beg you each, please,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyuh7oVqCuv
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRE4Jd3BaV
No answers in them.161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3n2LYIHV9
161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5s8fkgFfTe
The answer's in you,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ0gmwpe5iP
In that hidden spark buried,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTOedxTDlvT
Beneath all the pain.161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrI5dYHe4B
161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwpoAqdHMA
Incredible YOU!161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXPHHjh1TYq
Unique, in the multiverse,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn115aUotrT
No other like you.161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzxwHJAy8Fk
161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7qsP8Hon5
No one with your skills,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQW6CB89JN
No other voice quite like yours,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfqzm9ufhbm
To sing us your truth.161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiXDpyOJtM5
161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLTn6RvF0G
Boundless potential,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9thhuZGHF3
Still a tiny, precious seed,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh4K5RdVbJn
Waiting to take root.161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrGywiScAWb
161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBsMe40V74
Life's fetid manure,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6aqFiwzNb
With tears of joy and sorrow,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6tyipZizTG
Will help you to bloom.161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVlK0rNvoqs
161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY01yldgbGK
The spark in your heart,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTu98w76dHP
Will burst into flame in time,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPdl5smdM6M
Through your poetry.161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYxY7UcSJbl
161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXJDp3atlk
Purifying all,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBIlK1NUMBb
The specters and dark shadows,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv7WEBol3EP
That now haunt your nights.161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYMBnBElPbQ
161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzUK23d1WXv
Look in the mirror,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJqZstPgtq4
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlHay3Rlb5K
To that ember's glow.161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8h80nijU1
161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxHyPT1ZbBy
And know you will bloom,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQg1Kear3WN
And your mighty bows will bear,161Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7G7uW8Ppqp
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.