Expectations
What do you want from me?
Am I not good enough?
Am I a dissapointment?
A mess that needs to be cleaned up?
The perfect student
Straight A's and clubs
With just enough volunteer hours
So that colleges will love me.
No time to fall apart,
To cry and break down,
To wish for a different life,
I'm supposed to be better than that
For my life is built on expectations, and I must fullfil them
Be who they want me to be
Even if it kills me
Because it's all that is expected of me.
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