Nothing more crushing than expectation.
Brilliance forced into a cage.
Expression forbidden as if it were a crime.
The downfall so easy to see that to call it cliche would be trite.
Disappointing none the less, who knows what great discoveries will continue to go unseen.
What life left unlived?
Literary.Land.of.Alysia 
I can identify with this!
Frustrating and self-esteem crushing.
I like “Brilliance forced into a cage.”