I'm looking for a poem entitled "Scarlet Tears" that was written by a
teenage girl and can be found on her personal website.  To my
knowledge, the poem appears no where else in print or onlne except on
her webpage.  The scarlet tears of the poem are her blood--blood shed
through intentional cutting (self-mutilation, masochism, whatever you
want to call it).  She sheds these tears so that her physical pain can
ease her emotional pain.  I **think** that the website may be on one
of those free web hosts (geo cities, AOL Hometown, etc.).  The author
is about 16.  I've been unsuccessful finding the website using a
google search on "scarlet tears".  I realize that this information is
still somewhat vague and I am willing to clarify anything if it would
help the researcher find this poem.

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 13 Jan 2004 11:00 PST

I have not been able to find a poem about self-mutilation entitled
"Scarlet Tears," but I did find one called "Droplets of Crimson":

http://allpoetry.com/poem/431210/all=1

It would be very helpful if you could tell us any details that you
remember about the poem you're looking for. Lines, phrases, even
individual words might provide clues that could help us to find your
poem.

Perhaps this is the poem you are seeking:

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/3647/scarletears.html

Best regards,
Buckram

Or this?

http://allpoetry.com/poem/54830

Try out these links.

http://www.queendom.com/kettle/self-injury/k_selfinj27.html
www.vinland.org/scamp/institute/
http://www.lovepoetry.com/reflections/reflections_entry.asp?QSubmissionID=425
http://members.fortunecity.com/cherd/mypersonalsite/index.html
http://www.teenadviceonline.org/