I've known heartbreak too,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxNSqDaXu3
Though few who know me know it,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7s5mly9Mi
Longed for it to end.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9kSvXH40tB
99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW0igFSYGw9
I've heard the sweet call,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡesjrOcaYMJ
Whispered in my ear at times,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQLJ9gafKMV
For self-oblivion.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKMRQamaqQr
99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0CWIxCVVw
But it always passed,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgv04tndTi
Too many unfulfilled dreams,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡshsEB3QlwL
I could not let die.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlY0jzXQHK2
99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFFDW5ToAQ8
Though not a young girl,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebrkffYE3X
I still can relate to pain,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGommqi9Ed3
That's too hard to bear.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFsfNcEomB
99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcnJjqgItJs
They bring tears of blood,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZlBSKRUdu
Young colleagues' words with the pain,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEs8rsB1Mhp
They struggle to bear.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCTvfWqns11
99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFvOZwdMBH9
Doing themselves harm,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWG04nrXzWV
To escape the greater pain,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0aChYQl9ee
Of their precious lives.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPYeoXE7syP
99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVaYeb52vh6
I beg you each, please,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6kIAtuREOF
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZyFdoz6MdD
No answers in them.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFOmZkgYh4h
99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjIT1h20h0z
The answer's in you,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zkXxegnX6
In that hidden spark buried,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT64J6JAG0Y
Beneath all the pain.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡye2CPDSbJ4
99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8qNNreOmL
Incredible YOU!99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡABMqePXCgt
Unique, in the multiverse,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUL4E1WU1Gf
No other like you.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc3gw0Dte3a
99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZMxkY2qCe
No one with your skills,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyN9xRYZiQb
No other voice quite like yours,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdk2vV1CgLP
To sing us your truth.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3r0B62J2lR
99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4xRSlmnVmy
Boundless potential,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjsjmUmAG1d
Still a tiny, precious seed,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBdGl7w0nDO
Waiting to take root.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyhm3VYNIWg
99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJr0g513JpH
Life's fetid manure,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbuHAH8NG3G
With tears of joy and sorrow,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnMvF9lDyzu
Will help you to bloom.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72fn7MXAHk
99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVje1ftcxB
The spark in your heart,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWsP8g6n9j
Will burst into flame in time,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpPQbsh3xB
Through your poetry.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡETOm5JTkOH
99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOrbUvCNTtt
Purifying all,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzz1egtyUD1
The specters and dark shadows,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhLfkHBfAvS
That now haunt your nights.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjCj19ivYV
99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsuGKyjjIYS
Look in the mirror,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeAKOiK6rAk
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCLfyNnH7J
To that ember's glow.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxreCYrjjuA
99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJGkEzSOuo
And know you will bloom,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPiRMn4wF5
And your mighty bows will bear,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5sSsHucxDs
The sweetest of fruit.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmaAmCpo19
Though few who know me know it,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7s5mly9Mi
Longed for it to end.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9kSvXH40tB
99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW0igFSYGw9
I've heard the sweet call,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡesjrOcaYMJ
Whispered in my ear at times,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQLJ9gafKMV
For self-oblivion.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKMRQamaqQr
99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0CWIxCVVw
But it always passed,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgv04tndTi
Too many unfulfilled dreams,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡshsEB3QlwL
I could not let die.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlY0jzXQHK2
99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFFDW5ToAQ8
Though not a young girl,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebrkffYE3X
I still can relate to pain,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGommqi9Ed3
That's too hard to bear.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFsfNcEomB
99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcnJjqgItJs
They bring tears of blood,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZlBSKRUdu
Young colleagues' words with the pain,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEs8rsB1Mhp
They struggle to bear.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCTvfWqns11
99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFvOZwdMBH9
Doing themselves harm,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWG04nrXzWV
To escape the greater pain,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0aChYQl9ee
Of their precious lives.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPYeoXE7syP
99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVaYeb52vh6
I beg you each, please,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6kIAtuREOF
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZyFdoz6MdD
No answers in them.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFOmZkgYh4h
99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjIT1h20h0z
The answer's in you,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zkXxegnX6
In that hidden spark buried,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT64J6JAG0Y
Beneath all the pain.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡye2CPDSbJ4
99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8qNNreOmL
Incredible YOU!99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡABMqePXCgt
Unique, in the multiverse,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUL4E1WU1Gf
No other like you.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc3gw0Dte3a
99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZMxkY2qCe
No one with your skills,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyN9xRYZiQb
No other voice quite like yours,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdk2vV1CgLP
To sing us your truth.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3r0B62J2lR
99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4xRSlmnVmy
Boundless potential,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjsjmUmAG1d
Still a tiny, precious seed,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBdGl7w0nDO
Waiting to take root.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyhm3VYNIWg
99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJr0g513JpH
Life's fetid manure,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbuHAH8NG3G
With tears of joy and sorrow,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnMvF9lDyzu
Will help you to bloom.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72fn7MXAHk
99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVje1ftcxB
The spark in your heart,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWsP8g6n9j
Will burst into flame in time,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpPQbsh3xB
Through your poetry.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡETOm5JTkOH
99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOrbUvCNTtt
Purifying all,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzz1egtyUD1
The specters and dark shadows,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhLfkHBfAvS
That now haunt your nights.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjCj19ivYV
99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsuGKyjjIYS
Look in the mirror,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeAKOiK6rAk
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCLfyNnH7J
To that ember's glow.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxreCYrjjuA
99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJGkEzSOuo
And know you will bloom,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPiRMn4wF5
And your mighty bows will bear,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5sSsHucxDs
The sweetest of fruit.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmaAmCpo19
99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡutKrDhKooi
99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyO5DbfFpG1
As is usual for me this piece was written in one sitting and is largely stream of consciousness focused on poems I've read recently by young poets, mostly young women, about cutting and other forms of hurting oneself in response to pain one cannot deal with. Some are beautiful, powerful pieces. All break my heart and make me feel completely powerless--other than to make an encouraging comment I know will mean very little. 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 only99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcdAm8gPivd
