Skyscrapers of homework

and a mountain of stress

added to the sea of sorrow.

Worries piled upon each other,

dragging me down

like an anchor in a storm.

I was on the verge of crumbling.

In fact I already had.

But no one saw.

The broadened bags under my eyes

and my unruly matted hair.

My hollowing cheeks

and slouched posture.

It had all gone unnoticed by everyone.