Why Are You Lonely? Poem by RIC BASTASA

others really
wonder,

you have a
beautiful wife,
flashy cars, not
just one,
a big house inside
a spacious land,
a nice garden with
a fountain,
financially sound,
and famous,
and on top of
your career,
you are booming
and they even
name you as the
renaissance man.

others really
wonder,
and i too wonder,


why are you
lonely?
why write about
suicide?

others say
there is an empty space
in your heart
and God is not there.

i too wonder,
why?