As Expected Poem by Andrew Ahile

It was expected that I be this and be that
That I be him or I be her
That I be here or I be there
It was expected of me
To see what they saw
To do what they did
At the time it was expected of me
To be happy with what made them happy
To love who they loved
It was expected of me to be me
The me, that was prescribed to me
It was expected of me to be
till I was expected not to be
Love came along
And expected different of me
But as expected, I was expected
not to respect what my love expected
but I let go off all their expectations
And set sail to do what my love expected
And arrived with joy as expected
then I heard what I had never expected
it tore her apart, to know she would be rejected
Then I wished I was born different
Into a life that expected me to be truly me
this is my second and last expectation.
I expect to die now and be with her
I expect this poison to work, as expected.
~Ahile kashami Ahile~