Love is a very complicated feeling. When someone is in love they tend to do things they wouldn't normally do, they usually block out the rest of the world and focus their attention only on the person they have feelings for. In the poem “On the inside” from the book The Realm of Possibilities, the author Megan, explains the love triangle she is currently in, which gives the idea that falling in love is uncomfortable when the person you are in love with is unaware of your feelings . The author portrays feelings of sadness, which implies that the author's view towards love is negative. This is further elaborated when Megan describes everything she does for her best friend, when her best friend doesn't realize that she is who Megan is. Diana is in love with Elizabeth, which causes Megan's feelings towards Diana to go unnoticed. In the poem, Megan tends to run errands and help Diana with her concerts, we see this when Megan writes, “I carry your gear…I am your ride…your calendar.” Although Megan thinks that running all these errands for Diana is a way of expressing her love towards her, Diana on the other hand sees Megan as a good best friend. The context of the poem shows how Megan complains about all the things she does for Diana. She named some of the things she does below, hinting that she's a little fed up with everything he does for Diana. Diana is unaware of the feelings behind Megan's actions, which makes Megan sad that she goes unnoticed by the one person whose attention she wants. Dr. Hemant, a psychiatrist, has an article on Linked-In in which he states, “As a psychiatrist I find that one of the most common reasons patients suffer from depression and anxiety is being ignored by someone important in their life.” This further explains how Megan's ignored love can give her feelings of sadness. With the sadness she now feels at being ignored by Diana, this could lower her self-esteem giving her no hope of expressing her true feelings towards Diana. This would therefore explain why Megan has never really expressed her feelings towards Diana, she just does favors for her. This situation would give the idea of love a negative connotation because she is in a position where her love is not reciprocated and gives her feelings of
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