Wordful Wednesday//"Reasons Why"

I've been rather down lately, mainly due to my health and issues relating back to it, so the few poems I've written lately have been extreme party poopers.

The poem I'm posting today isn't anything particularly lively or bright, but it's not near as somber as my personal poems either. I chose it mainly because it was parallel to how I have been feeling, but also because it's a beautiful poem. I especially like the usage of indentation as well as how there's no usage of punctuation because, if you read the poem aloud, it gives it a different feel as opposed to one large stanza.

"Reasons Why" by Kathleen Novak

if we are lonely

it might be because

             we let go too soon

             or hung on too long

             maybe

             we walked too far or

             we didn't walk far enough or

             we should have run

             or stood still

             either

             we asked the wrong question

             or planted the wrong answer

             and winds soothe

             when they should be tearing

             and night teases

             when it should come strong

             and we are lonely

             together apart together away

             we are needing to give

             as much as we are needing to get

if we are lonely

it might be because

             there is not one thing

             that reaches so far

             nor stretches so wide

             as empty

             as empty.