I've known heartbreak too,130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP7AheELZ9C
Though few who know me know it,130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXiauNe31IO
Longed for it to end.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxgjonxyVqw
130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8egafhS1v
I've heard the sweet call,130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyycIv0SzIJ
Whispered in my ear at times,130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeiz8nQjodX
For self-oblivion.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvP1jVXUn0X
130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT1JnmmXTZq
But it always passed,130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW9jhmFBtrK
Too many unfulfilled dreams,130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dmqyK5gQo
I could not let die.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPlcUOMsVAz
130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5jZAWNWPug
Though not a young girl,130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7q1i97ClT0
I still can relate to pain,130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdermJmzhxt
That's too hard to bear.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbJxHubRtIb
130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zN8cWWchn
They bring tears of blood,130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwcejJdtuXc
Young colleagues' words with the pain,130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9goHeUbDoF
They struggle to bear.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxqnpniM6kf
130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxdM7PLecl
Doing themselves harm,130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1kHtnrX4N
To escape the greater pain,130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsJXxSIeLu
Of their precious lives.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJ2gVRaZ5t
130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc71ipJrahL
I beg you each, please,130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgL8IKKScV0
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSntENjUfvr
No answers in them.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpufwE5dep
130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiOn8Mqy09W
The answer's in you,130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUsSQ1dx2y
In that hidden spark buried,130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLvSl3tNvl
Beneath all the pain.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivWWrQLeMA
130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcvjMfNrzF2
Incredible YOU!130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq7M6lAFAfh
Unique, in the multiverse,130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBErg6H9qrP
No other like you.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3FQSZUk7qP
130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQREfhOOpwG
No one with your skills,130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTmPv2JLPM
No other voice quite like yours,130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOHT6dakOuH
To sing us your truth.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf7C3TaaWig
130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyXmKhMBdLm
Boundless potential,130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1lKQytfso
Still a tiny, precious seed,130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61kOlvcyPG
Waiting to take root.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3mFeMUPSka
130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvt2bMbShp
Life's fetid manure,130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQGgKbH92Vy
With tears of joy and sorrow,130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiTzAvXoUGA
Will help you to bloom.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡamQ33IStrL
130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhC9ehX68AI
The spark in your heart,130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBy269H7uZ
Will burst into flame in time,130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4aCRxwhM0
Through your poetry.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRR2Zm1vYQG
130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmHvtHjPYe
Purifying all,130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPDda1WeZD
The specters and dark shadows,130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPw1ecMK63f
That now haunt your nights.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWUcJw7Pbe
130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1lmtjMq6Y9
Look in the mirror,130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF17hk9o1U9
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsWxPSuF0FO
To that ember's glow.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLiQuLYl7W
130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHhDBsK6vs
And know you will bloom,130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6riEoegH6c
And your mighty bows will bear,130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGHDJq1Ff8
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.