Expectation

The walls close in around us.
Slowly, suffocation kills us.
We are still alive
But we cannot breathe.
It hurts us, it breaks us,
It consumes us.
Your expectation of us is too great,
And we all perish under its weight.
We live, we die.
We break, you cry.

-Steph-

A/N: Okay, how many of you guys watched the 'Dead Poet's Society'? ... Anyone? Well, we watched it in English class, and my teacher said we have to write a letter to any of the characters, and base a poem off that letter. Well, here's my poem! XD