I've known heartbreak too,117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJUFqGVkpga
Though few who know me know it,117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡISWKq4abUu
Longed for it to end.117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVuwgWHfosU
117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7WJ3dx7nXr
I've heard the sweet call,117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWiREXDZ3D
Whispered in my ear at times,117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ80R7ZKMYno
For self-oblivion.117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJDFxGIYkz
117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsy9mcbczzF
But it always passed,117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhADi8bRLW
Too many unfulfilled dreams,117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡydvGwxPISc
I could not let die.117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFnBURsI3av
117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHChfoVe54u
Though not a young girl,117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgO8UD2F9Y
I still can relate to pain,117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz0tKq2xDSX
That's too hard to bear.117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfIVx0p4bG5
117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK5sJLjZTn6
They bring tears of blood,117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJpIGFSLnm3
Young colleagues' words with the pain,117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWMx6vMNxF
They struggle to bear.117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9a0wmdqFD
117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡboJtdk3S9D
Doing themselves harm,117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡon8M7ug1R8
To escape the greater pain,117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5mXKJQ8TN9
Of their precious lives.117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLYxFw8uuK8
117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhY0sidHinU
I beg you each, please,117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRvWf2BWQfR
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy5GwmIdfnb
No answers in them.117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bID7roL8l
117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5qaUfqASK
The answer's in you,117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUUzrTkza8R
In that hidden spark buried,117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUhAvrOD7At
Beneath all the pain.117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt9sN6WsVmx
117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgq9O2946VM
Incredible YOU!117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwjcQaaNxdx
Unique, in the multiverse,117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIn2XPpXr3W
No other like you.117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvlqaBS4NA
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No one with your skills,117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXeKLG854j
No other voice quite like yours,117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhDSaH8m2vs
To sing us your truth.117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKSYW0yT4K
117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeoue28KwOo
Boundless potential,117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEAva8XHCFD
Still a tiny, precious seed,117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfseXh0csPG
Waiting to take root.117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPabEMQckW
117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ZGc8oPyN5
Life's fetid manure,117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTA3da5WVUk
With tears of joy and sorrow,117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1yNqXmOO3k
Will help you to bloom.117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy3rgWBUhn0
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The spark in your heart,117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6QzJfhv6m
Will burst into flame in time,117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhmY99TU1j
Through your poetry.117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmKal6k92e
117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyC88NMOzFv
Purifying all,117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN63jZpM93P
The specters and dark shadows,117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdIuC7u1bYa
That now haunt your nights.117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLK3GPIEEgd
117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVLBqESDF0i
Look in the mirror,117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaGEO2uI2fN
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZEW2qJ3vax
To that ember's glow.117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYW6XTZ8b2B
117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhuOfUZU60c
And know you will bloom,117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡylx8MiIRqt
And your mighty bows will bear,117Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3P7spIrXvL
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.