I've known heartbreak too,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zmCljGD4j
Though few who know me know it,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlGyOsOcjZ
Longed for it to end.118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWou013zV2n
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I've heard the sweet call,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9LNhUGmgFA
Whispered in my ear at times,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5jukzVtql
For self-oblivion.118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoc2H9OhkGL
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But it always passed,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28tZ0b8L8C
Too many unfulfilled dreams,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1FUzkfm1q
I could not let die.118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZoxtmOxOK
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Though not a young girl,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzaQmx185Ds
I still can relate to pain,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOj9kHOF9Nm
That's too hard to bear.118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZIDlzHSW7x
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They bring tears of blood,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9yMSJdiqk2
Young colleagues' words with the pain,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOiCcMYVZMI
They struggle to bear.118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnY0I6HwP2E
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Doing themselves harm,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEATm51IKsO
To escape the greater pain,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWiU2uCThw
Of their precious lives.118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPNKlmdQWt
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I beg you each, please,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkOeDFSreR
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2i2Llfhmh
No answers in them.118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZl0MyNn3G
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The answer's in you,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNaebWyuNk
In that hidden spark buried,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3O272IRYL
Beneath all the pain.118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHMnOuz4m11
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Incredible YOU!118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1D4hdiIY8
Unique, in the multiverse,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1UJJOiBkO
No other like you.118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTTAsOIgYnj
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No one with your skills,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0qMwgS3pK
No other voice quite like yours,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzljLn0D6pg
To sing us your truth.118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5hFjTcd9Ef
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Boundless potential,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQGupqJHfHu
Still a tiny, precious seed,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ33gcR7rpec
Waiting to take root.118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25FXzuvi21
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Life's fetid manure,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz1gfYSG2SV
With tears of joy and sorrow,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8VBGqLLOBN
Will help you to bloom.118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi9UrcerJgu
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The spark in your heart,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ49M8wpHylS
Will burst into flame in time,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5F7VGcAdb
Through your poetry.118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRwgGLeuN9y
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Purifying all,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ79BijOtidZ
The specters and dark shadows,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1yArgzyJj
That now haunt your nights.118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpH9WdWTiof
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Look in the mirror,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPTrDeiBIr
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHpzkarhxL
To that ember's glow.118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS8jd3wyUo8
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And know you will bloom,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76HNzuuMjg
And your mighty bows will bear,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdqVjqOO6AC
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.