#expectations poems on Hello Poetry

George Krokos Nov 2016

Simple Observation #246 - When things don't work out....

When things don’t work out or go according to expectation
we may not have taken the time to do enough preparation.
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From "Simple Observations" ongoing writings since the early '90's.

#time #expectations #work #enough #things #preparation

E Townsend Nov 2016

Poisoned Syrup

The poison of my expectations
immunized my body systems

creeping in the veins a shot
of disappointments, frustrations

I cannot keep setting myself up this way

Antidotes are not the cure. Nothing can remedy
the syrup of downfalls encroaching my liver

the gates are closed.
You can’t hurt me anymore.

#hurt #frustration #expectations #poison #disappointment #syrup #veins #remedy #liver #antidote

Dougie Simps Oct 2016

Expectations

Dear Expectations,

I have given up on believing in you. It seems that for years and years and so many more years to come. You have constantly sent out more pain than you have happiness. You give a sense of hope that doesn't equal someones reality. You portray this false imagination. You try to allow myself and others to believe that if we set certain standards and place things/people on a pedestal... That we will achieve you. Why is it that even after constant let down we allow you back into our lives? why do we still wait for you? expect you? hope and wish for you? set you so high...
To expect is to assume
to assume is to make a mockery out of yourself
I'd rather not.

I don't expect her to ever speak to me again
I don't expect those who've doubted me to suddenly believe
I don't expect my lost friends and family to suddenly be found
I don't expect immediate change
I don't expect the best outcomes to my hard work, right away.
I don't expect you to love me
I don't expect my father and I to ever have a relationship
I don't expect freedom in a life of chains
I don't expect anything, anymore

The only expecting I do now is the kind I can control

I expect myself to love who deserves to be loved
I expect myself to be the best man I can be
I expect myself to try and change what is my flaws
I expect myself to be there always for my family and some friends
I expect myself to believe in me
I expect myself to try even if it's so much easier to quit
I expect myself to forgive...Even when I know they don't deserve it
I expect my self to live...even when life has killed all my faith
I expect myself to fight...even when I don't have much left
I expect myself to always remain honest to who I am

Expectations.

We place em on things that we have no control over...
on people who just may not be able to live up to our needs
we can't expect anything out of anyone or thing...
all we can do is expect what we want in ourselves.
Put out in life what we hope...but don't expect...to get back.

Change your mindset - Change your heart - Change your life

I expect nothing out of this.

#love #poem #metaphor #expectations #thinking #deep #follow #repost

Lian Oct 2016

Dear Daughter

Be pure.
At 19 years you should still be
Brand new.
Like a white dress
With the tags still on.

White as snow
You won’t find home here.
Plain and cold.
An emptiness that could swallow you whole.

l.s.

inspired by Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar

#girl #teenager #relationship #mother #expectations #woman #price #daughter #worth #female

avery Oct 2016

impostor syndrome

i found myself
trying to push past
my own expectations
not knowing that
they affected me
more than i
could ever imagine

#life #sadness #happiness #thoughts #expectations #failure #success

Oriada Dajko Oct 2016

A timeless sight

An old house sounds proud of
disturbing neighborhood's sight.
Punished to follow lonely fate...
to feel a strong desire for transformation,
but a house can't move, can not speak,
a building lives in feeling isolation.

Not guilty,they persuade life from childhood,
waiting for others to remember them.
Doing nothing to change,
waiting for others to decide
if their life will be
or won't be timeless inside.

They listen to other people's voice,
no way to defend them from the noise.
Not expecting to hear sadness or offense.
Probably they don't have a luxe
to have a chance.

#expectations #old #house #timeless

Julie Grenness Oct 2016

GREAT EXPECTATIONS.....

Now that I am old and grey,
Would I meet a friend one day?
Would he look like Sinead?
He might not care, as I am old and grey,
I'd care for him, no expectations,
Like the Omnipotence of all creation,
I might love him to the moon, for fun,
A heart that loves is forever young,
Like Our Lord, as a new day has begun,
He shall never grow old,
As we here grow old,
So, do we raise our expectations,
As our souls await, in anticipation
of healing love, for every nation,
from the Omnipotence of all creation!

Feedback welcome.

#love #expectations #healing

josh wilbanks Oct 2016

The best ******* let down I can be

I had a dream last night
My mother put me in the pool
There were anchors on my feet
I struggled for air
Because that's what was expected
Eventually I drank
It felt good to be a fish
I don't have to hurt
If nobody wants me to struggle

Depression has me wishing they would give up on me so I could take the easy way out. Coast as a druggie until I'm 21.

#love #suicide #depression #hate #drugs #expectations #drowning #struggle

RC Sep 2016

Expecting

You're all I think about.
Right now I'm a cigarette and two beers down;
I always speak more when I'm drinking.
Besides, I don't think you'd believe me when I'm sober.
Then, you'd be able to see through me
if I was trying to ******* over.

But I see you
hiding girls up your sleeve.
Just because you're my everything
doesn't mean I'm afraid to leave.
Being stuck inside your gravity may be addicting,
you know I love giving in to my sensitivities,
however, I'm not as naive as it may seem.

Am I stupid or in love?
Is the above synonymous?
I guess this is me trying to blame our problems on ideas.
Maybe if you had met who I'm supposed to be
instead of a hurt version of who I was
we would've worked out differently.
I wouldn't need so much time
and you might've been who I need you to be.

I'm still gonna love you with all that I've got
yet you think it's all talk.
I'm just asking for your patience in exchange for my stability,
expecting your loyalty
even though dishonesty's nothing new to me.
I'd rather hold us down
than lose out to possibility.
Rather fall first with you
than trip over bad timing.

#love #heartbreak #pain #relationships #hurt #expectations #cheating #emotions #age #youth

Lauren Wood Sep 2016

Untitled

High expectations
So many limitations
Is there any way to go
When my mind is always racing
I'm chasing a life I was not born into
Statistically one I'll never achieve
Chest heaving
Hands shaking
I've got to get out of my head
These thoughts of my mortality
Will be what makes my end

#depression #anxiety #expectations