I've known heartbreak too,70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzAwRkN7J0x
Though few who know me know it,70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkBw1YNqH1c
Longed for it to end.70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqJycscMux
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I've heard the sweet call,70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtBTClwDDR
Whispered in my ear at times,70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMpgu1vGRK
For self-oblivion.70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6C7QpG0rb
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But it always passed,70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYWIt2QCDFE
Too many unfulfilled dreams,70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSZwHlNFmc
I could not let die.70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1kNQOhvbYF
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Though not a young girl,70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1rBeN9OTTE
I still can relate to pain,70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyoQbVu27wt
That's too hard to bear.70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTKvDNVn2s
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They bring tears of blood,70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5dC4mmBN0y
Young colleagues' words with the pain,70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ63S3VTHewr
They struggle to bear.70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPgO2kTpwJA
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Doing themselves harm,70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefgwm2HiSG
To escape the greater pain,70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTRPDfRG8nN
Of their precious lives.70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHDOwZ3P0F
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I beg you each, please,70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvdj8OlKwU
Put down the knife, syringe, pipe,70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNpjJLaxdf3
No answers in them.70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqcXcaTKGfq
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The answer's in you,70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzuj5yL16VZ
In that hidden spark buried,70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRppVgEvROL
Beneath all the pain.70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdsvaXfnluA
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Incredible YOU!70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVfuz4qV2T
Unique, in the multiverse,70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbw03jgjxbo
No other like you.70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS8LPk6Pxz7
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No one with your skills,70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJcgAqX5Jgo
No other voice quite like yours,70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7eUPI2s9z
To sing us your truth.70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0H1BHNb61B
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Boundless potential,70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdcfbP0d7yG
Still a tiny, precious seed,70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcoclgVXJ6b
Waiting to take root.70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEwXkgoCoQx
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Life's fetid manure,70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhaY73cm9CM
With tears of joy and sorrow,70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdXMPqO55J
Will help you to bloom.70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAE9G5KEPpG
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The spark in your heart,70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2UELmZSeZb
Will burst into flame in time,70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRkiKAEyxy
Through your poetry.70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhqp8nzeI6F
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Purifying all,70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9dzTYLddnT
The specters and dark shadows,70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrveA8FeVqq
That now haunt your nights.70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjs1JdWqk0K
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Look in the mirror,70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXFzbKI9iC
Beyond the scars and tear tracks,70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06d9ZFy4gE
To that ember's glow.70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQVpNjwhsh
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And know you will bloom,70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXzUYj0iTBm
And your mighty bows will bear,70Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSNh4ZFeVbz
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.