Gazes magnetically meet
Across the crowded room
A slight touch of hands as we
Pass through the hallway
I steal a kiss when
No one's around

P.s. no one can know

PeterGerstenmaier

P.s. no one can know

Jun 5, 2026

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removed.u685248

I know the feeling so well. It wasn't someone I was romantically involved with, but probably the best friend I've ever had (Sarah) that I knew initially through Hello Poetry, and it just ended sooo terribly, I'm sure she hates me more than anyone on the planet, and I have so many regrets. But, I guess sometimes you just have to move forward (though that doesn't mean I'll ever end those regrets, either!).

I can't stay long, but here's a bookmark that Mariya made for her cousin with some random pics of her and I since November, my late daughter at 16 right at the top, some poems from Kiki, and one at the bottom from Mariya, and a row of little black and whites pics  of all my truest loves that Mariya made for me to carry with me on missions, just to have to look and hold and stuff. It really helps on those long waits where it can feel lonesome.

I read about the marriage issues. Sometimes it's hurts, but it's for the very best (when I left my wife Marti I'd been building up courage since October, and my daughter Anieliki finally pushed me, nicely, to do in in AUGUST, TEN months later!!! It felt like the end of my life, especially with knowing I'd never see my step-girls I raised for 12 years, one since she was only 5 months old, oy yoy yoy.... but the sun rose again, as the sun always does. Just trust, however things work out, they tend to work out the way they are meant to. If I didn't believe in that I'd have lost my mind this last year... trust in the universe, and in your place in it, and that God is firmly in control, even when it feels least like They are. Big hugs to you from both of us!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wKD88jCb_ghOBy3GjlH6TpjcStrLtj0b/view?usp=sharing

You'll probably have to download this picture so you can zoom in on it... it's very high resolution but also many, many pixels!!!

removed.-zk5k

Tip top hidden love, reel it back,back on track,tip top bonanza!!

removed.Manuela

NevilleZ

they_luv_melanin

Something about your poems Peter. You never skip a beat.

Zeno

cheryl-ann-warner

removed.-qp3y

badwords

Shit. I know.....

So, Anthrax Diet cokes or elevators full of unregulated Korean-Ninja-Stand-Ins?

SyafieR1

Peter, I love your writing&#10084;&#65039;

jacealbine