Expectations

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Why does everybody expect something from me?

I see my parents expect my grade to be sparkling A's. For insurance sake and their own pride compared to everywhere else I fail.
Everyone expects me to know the answer to math.
Or history or Geometry or biology or anything really.
They tell me what's wrong, forgetting I don't have a degree in medication or psychology.
They ask how they can help themselves or what can fix it, forgetting I have my own shit for fix.
They say "be a strong soul" but also think I should cater to everyone else's issues.

I'm sorry that I crack under it all.
No matter what I see it fall
Expectations piled high
Higher than I can reach.
I can't take these much longer
They won't make me stronger
I need to be free of this damnation

Of this cage of expectation.

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