I've known heartbreak too,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCFVEzYj1ZL
Though few who know me know it,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa9pXmA2W1r
Longed for it to end.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2w5YGYzUPt
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I've heard the sweet call,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoXBMiSt53u
Whispered in my ear at times,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZumtbSzTh
For self-oblivion.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUrQAnCvHDI
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But it always passed,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPpgxT7kkkx
Too many unfulfilled dreams,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjEEFJcZPt6
I could not let die.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnqTZywSbz1
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Though not a young girl,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOJ0Pol3z7
I still can relate to pain,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzUdBWUG80I
That's too hard to bear.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH5MLfhygAZ
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They bring tears of blood,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvaG8gsCvjz
Young colleagues' words with the pain,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqG67eyOqbg
They struggle to bear.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZKAvgxJ2xd
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Doing themselves harm,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbThtiAkJO
To escape the greater pain,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97aEapkSn6
Of their precious lives.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0B5WK7uRUU
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I beg you each, please,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOdkNnppll
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQQLueztDr
No answers in them.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrjpCAaVSh4
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The answer's in you,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhmj17OX3B6
In that hidden spark buried,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90eCpTdKFP
Beneath all the pain.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqnwepTypz
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Incredible YOU!22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9ObzlU3C0
Unique, in the multiverse,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnba33hvOmm
No other like you.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvgj0ToKpTW
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No one with your skills,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwptkOWMKEb
No other voice quite like yours,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfnzF1RWxc3
To sing us your truth.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMvwZejvzCg
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Boundless potential,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYyX4u12tXq
Still a tiny, precious seed,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZs96cuW8l1
Waiting to take root.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡifGZ5ulYJI
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Life's fetid manure,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsh3OtXsePD
With tears of joy and sorrow,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKyQXH5dHSB
Will help you to bloom.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0q6iLSx7v
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The spark in your heart,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSdZNZogD8
Will burst into flame in time,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC4iBX283bf
Through your poetry.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGcm16aNfhp
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Purifying all,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMxvAP0aZoi
The specters and dark shadows,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjXmfxqQPD
That now haunt your nights.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYgKgppHt6
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Look in the mirror,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjc69EqS7jJ
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlWV0wHTcG
To that ember's glow.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKeDlDn5kz
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And know you will bloom,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXajIFptm0T
And your mighty bows will bear,22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWVdeFSYXP
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.