Love, Unrequited Poem by Shushan Artinian

Fearful of being rejected, mocked or scorned,
Upon declaring her love to a man she adores,
She lives in secrecy.
Tortured when ignored by the love of her life,
The ignorant, the clueless of her undying love,
She survives life.
An unrequited love inflicts her heart.
A love she holds on to; cannot grow out of.
She seems free, but is enslaved.
She seems sane, but has gone mad.
She is in love, yet feels miserable.
She has become a woman, yet remains a girl.
A rock on a river bed, she has become,
That stays a lifetime, while currents pass.