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J Sep 2015
Despite moving to London
With life flying by,
Faster than it ever has,
I know that I am waiting for something,
Something or someone that will make my life worth while.

Expecting, makes my expectations
So much more than it should,
Yet I can't change the way I am,
So I will continue,
Forever waiting for you
Emily Sep 2015
Can't even finish a sentence
without being stressed
with every little thing I write
with every little math problem I solve
Because for some reason I can't do it right.

Can't even finish a thought
without being consumed
with all the anxiety
with all the fear
because for some reason they expect me to do it right.

Can't even finish a task
without being engulfed
with a headache
with a stomach ache
because now I'm not feeling right.

Can't even finish this poem
without being overwhelmed
with every little math problem
with all the anxiety
with a headache
All because I want to do it right.
Scarlet Niamh Sep 2015
I try so hard to change myself,
Yet it isn’t enough for you.

You force me and push me,
Yet when I bleed, it’s too much for you.

I can’t do what you wish of me,
Yet that’s not satisfaction enough for you.

I want you to stop,
*Is that too much to ask of you?
~~ Just... stop. Maybe then, I'll be able to breath again. ~~
Crooked Youth Sep 2015
If you havent earn't my respect.
Then you dont deserve my respect.

Why would YOU expect any otherwise?

I'm afraid that's just,
an unrealistic expectation,
to begin with.
No disrespect intended, how ironic?
Little Azaleah Aug 2015
Her smile turn to a frown,
The joy of her life turn sad.
She began to shatter,
Tears start to fall.
Their expectations were heavy,
Their words were sharp.
It was hard,
She had tried.


{ E.I }
Amenisia Lopez Aug 2015
Bippity boppity boo and they lived happily ever after
Sound familiar?
Every book, every movie - An expectation we hold on to

That all it takes is a wish on a star,
and your dreams will come true

That all you have to do is kiss a frog
and you’ll have your prince

That we could be saved
that we could be caught
every time we fall

Our happily ever after isn’t written
It is *
done

We can't expect to walk through life
without falling

Sometimes we are caught, sometimes we are picked up
But other times we rise

We rise from our fall
Not just merely blow on a dandelion
and watch mini seeds drift through the wind

or pluck out an eyelash
and let it fall delicately on the floor
Stealing our wishes with them

Lets get off the ground
full of dust and dirt
stand up
walk
and fly to the stars high above

Happily ever after is just one flight away
Learn to walk
**So that you can fly
Francie Lynch Aug 2015
Expectations were soaring

The invitation addressed:

Me and a Guest.

Expectations were tense.

The last suitcase labelled.

I shaved in my mirror.

Gave the shoes a black shine.

(Pulled back the flap,
Laid a grip on a bottle,
Gave it full throttle)

Expectations were high.

I saw the mailman

Wasn't far from my drive;

Still facing the northwind

The mailman

Walked by.

Expectations can lie.
Sammie Aug 2015
We grew up in an era changing
with technology and opportunities full
of growing suicidal thoughts and new perspectives
The struggle for independence
as self thought fills our minds
we ask how can we be ourselves
when everyone expects us to be
someone else
Hanna Kelley Aug 2015
Hidden from the world, their expectations too high
I will never reach them, even if I try.

So I change myself; My face, my hair,
Everything that makes me ME, no one will care.

Soon enough, I'm not the same as I used to be
No longer that little girl that everyone loved to see.

I have become a fake person with fake aspects
So afraid of their expectations of having to be perfect.

I have lost the only people that cared about the real me
Now I'm a nail, holding up their reputations like the tool they want me to be.

I am defenseless and the only thing I can do is be quiet
This is what I wanted, right? The new look, personality and diet.

I wanted to reach their expectations and still I fail to do that
I changed myself for them but still they walk all over me like a mat.

I guess their expectations were too high, I couldn't go that far
Now I have to live with them ******* me dry of myself like the leeches they are.
You will never reach the expectations of everyone, so just stick with the friends you have.
Curious Owl Aug 2015
Lying on these sheets,
Shadows dancing inside my head
Too much depends upon,
Too much expects for more
Voices seek for the hug of a serene sea,
A heart wanting nothing but to be free
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