I've known heartbreak too,23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxkLKRDiLfF
Though few who know me know it,23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0K6dSZrEtf
Longed for it to end.23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4HxKlE1cG
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I've heard the sweet call,23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5vZ20Daht
Whispered in my ear at times,23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡokHuNqXOOc
For self-oblivion.23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0CCoXg53Bq
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But it always passed,23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8LxInRaBWV
Too many unfulfilled dreams,23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi2fGx5TqbJ
I could not let die.23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88rowELO3F
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Though not a young girl,23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDO36lUBXvW
I still can relate to pain,23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnAgIrzCsqk
That's too hard to bear.23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMT5c2tvF1
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They bring tears of blood,23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQr1ST7Nzdg
Young colleagues' words with the pain,23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zwQaMaxlt
They struggle to bear.23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmS6mKUAAXl
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Doing themselves harm,23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6E8U14Ta7x
To escape the greater pain,23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fh8cb3bk8
Of their precious lives.23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBufIum0tld
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I beg you each, please,23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BfcGKabBL
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUufm7M4CIT
No answers in them.23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnqYLUtyzUe
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The answer's in you,23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdO0U9oaGhE
In that hidden spark buried,23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhIEqMxEaA
Beneath all the pain.23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjXz1fP8GHz
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Incredible YOU!23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx6rrOB1jmV
Unique, in the multiverse,23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhFi5PyNbBC
No other like you.23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKykmj1jBp
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No one with your skills,23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEwba5tZmiq
No other voice quite like yours,23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhDoBEfKdt9
To sing us your truth.23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuiZvxVjOT6
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Boundless potential,23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjafEO6vugF
Still a tiny, precious seed,23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoY449CKFHL
Waiting to take root.23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZym8RnkdMy
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Life's fetid manure,23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBtdr5tbrbu
With tears of joy and sorrow,23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSG6l8WLl3R
Will help you to bloom.23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyPChxGs9tN
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The spark in your heart,23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQQ9Ir89tc
Will burst into flame in time,23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgigOw0etUe
Through your poetry.23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVV5Qfhef2
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Purifying all,23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD3d26NdV7A
The specters and dark shadows,23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAr4EnTmuBB
That now haunt your nights.23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpI1HaETbK3
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Look in the mirror,23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdxoQgBoq8
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5venn0ncwb
To that ember's glow.23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbO92m2G1sW
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And know you will bloom,23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Nv9kahWu9
And your mighty bows will bear,23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4jZ3aaZqEt
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.