Expectations [Edit 1]

[Alic Elliot]

Sitting at home
Feeling alone
Homework piled high
I stare at it and sigh
Heightened expectations
Crippling limitations
I have to do well
Or end up in a living hell
And a job I hate
Doomed to my fate
I set my bar higher than I can reach
“You can do it"- Time to practice what I preach
No mistakes 
Limited breaks
Have to work faster
Push myself harder
To meet expectations
There's no exceptions

Edit 1:

I stare up at my homework, piled oh so high
Wanting to do anything else, I rub my eyes and sigh
Each year brings higher expectations
Yet each day brings new limitations
School has become emotionally draining
I'm finding fewer and fewer things entertaining
I've become a working machine, fearing failure
This causes me to constantly feel like manure
I'm spending more and more time inside
With my insecurities that I'm forced to hide
Because with above average intelligence
Comes the pressure to achieve excellence