Expectations are made of sweet lava

[MrPlus]

They tell you to beware
Of what you eat,
To beware of what you drink,
To beware of who you go with,
And even to beware of the dog,
 
For god´s sake, really?
Beware of what you expect,
That little monsters of expectations
Are what could really hurt you,
Hurt you deep inside,
 
Yes, you are good and you expect
Good things from life itself and
From people, and then you realize
That life is not much of a giver,
That life is like a friend who you
Give you soul to and lets you down
 
And then people, well people,
I know deep inside that they are
Good, but sorry, they don´t act
Like that most times, who knows?
Well, they are human beings that
Carry their own expectations, and
Like you and I receive the slap of life,
 
But there are people that are
Worthwhile, and even worth the
Risk, but it´s so difficult to find them,
And even when you find them,
Most times they don´t realize that you
Are also a person that is worth it, and
Then you shout to the skies ¡Open you
Eyes, open your eyes please! But they
don´t open their eyes, and They
 pass by without noticing you
 
And there are also people that
Are worthwhile but they don´t
Know it, so they don´t act consequently
And you can´t find them, and
You can´t even shout to the skies
For them !Open your eyes, open
Your eyes please¡ but you do shout
For them, because you expect that one
Day they will open their eyes, they
Will recognize their own worth and
They will value yours, Yes, you shout
For them because you expect.
 
And how are we supposed to lower
Our expectations, how are we supposed
To beat them, to reduce them to ashes,
To even give them death, they are
Our beloved expectations, they carry
The little hope we still have, how could
We still have hope if we had no
Expectations, and still they are the
Little monsters we should destroy
But we can´t do it, we can´t,
Could you?
 
 
 

[rowens]

All the ands and spiralling in and around all the points you make make a Spoken Word with a contemporary simplicity kind of effect. It is a unique simplicity, it has a voice. But probably it'll be too simple for most people to gather anything from. Any force or point or anything else. But there are many popular books of poetry I see lately that say these exact things.

[Xlateralus]

They tell you to beware
Of what you eat,
To beware of what you drink,
To beware of who you go with,
And even to beware of the dog,
 

I felt like this was a very strong start, I mean, it’s just a list but it’s a good list.

For god´s sake, really?
Beware of what you expect,
That little monsters of expectations
Are what could really hurt you,
Hurt you deep inside,
 

The question breaks the flow of them poem. Honestly I would cut this stanza out. It’s an unnecessary thesis statement.

Yes, you are good and you expect
Good things from life itself and
From people, and then you realize
That life is not much of a giver,
That life is like a friend who you
Give you soul to and lets you down
 

I would prefer examples of how you are good and how life gives you little in return for your goodness.

And then people, well people,
I know deep inside that they are
Good, but sorry, they don´t act
Like that most times, who knows?
Well, they are human beings that
Carry their own expectations, and
Like you and I receive the slap of life,
 

Then examples of how other people are bad.

But there are people that are
Worthwhile, and even worth the
Risk, but it´s so difficult to find them,
And even when you find them,
Most times they don´t realize that you
Are also a person that is worth it, and
Then you shout to the skies ¡Open you
Eyes, open your eyes please! But they
don´t open their eyes, and They
 pass by without noticing you
 

The line breaks seem to happen in strange spots. And you they they you. No dramatic effect. With all the action going on here I think line breaks could be used to modify the line meanings and make for a more exciting poem.

And there are also people that
Are worthwhile but they don´t
Know it, so they don´t act consequently
And you can´t find them, and
You can´t even shout to the skies
For them !Open your eyes, open
Your eyes please¡ but you do shout
For them, because you expect that one
Day they will open their eyes, they
Will recognize their own worth and
They will value yours, Yes, you shout
For them because you expect.
 

And how are we supposed to lower
Our expectations, how are we supposed
To beat them, to reduce them to ashes,
To even give them death, they are
Our beloved expectations, they carry
The little hope we still have, how could
We still have hope if we had no
Expectations, and still they are the
Little monsters we should destroy
But we can´t do it, we can´t,
Could you?
 
 
 

I don’t feel like the opening stanza is answered by the rest of the poem. I feel like you gave us a list of things to beware of, and I was hopping we were going to be given reasons to not beware, but we weren’t. Is all too disconnected. I think the poem could use a good trimming, but then again I always prefer short poems.

[Emmaishappy]

I found the poem to be a rant about different types of people you come across in life. There was a little philosophy used with the arrangement of each section (Expectations of life through the people you meet on this journey). Did you separate each section for a reason? I don't think you needed too, or perhaps change the arrangement into 5 lines per section. This conflicts with free form poetry (So with respects it could be your style?). Some very vivid imagery and I like the line (To beat them, to reduce them to ashes,
To even give them death).