My life: In poems

STRUGGLING

Study work read
this was her day in and out.
Overtime she started to bleed
inside at first then also out.

She strived to be the best
better than the rest
scoring full marks on every test
... but it didn't quite work.

You see whilst her parents saw their little girl fly
and her younger sister saw a perfect girl.
Even her friends saw intelligence and brilliance
until she said bye.

She said no to the world,
this place people call home.
For her it was far from this
and she cut till she saw bone.

Crying every night till tears were here skincare routine
that's not how someone should spend their teenage years but
here she was only at fifteen.
And no one noticed.

She was well presented
and no one would suspect
that the girl with straight As and a happy home
had become severely depressed.

She carried on
trying to look not too far ahead.
But life caught up with her
and she wanted 'off with her head'.