Peter Gerstenmaier

Peter Gerstenmaier 2d

A depressive episode
Is a terrible experience
But once you're through
All the chaos and despair
The aftermath can be
Even worse...

Every color fade
Like you're watching life
Through an analog filter
While everyday tasks
Seem like climbing
Mount Everest

But we keep going
We somehow accomplish
Our extraordinary ordinary
Invisible little struggles
Just to get through
Another day

And maybe that's enough

It's been 2 months since my last depressive episode...

#little #struggles #depression

Peter Gerstenmaier May 7

Missing lines

You promised
A lifetime of poetry
Just to leave without
A single line

So I search for them in stollen verses...

#lifetime #poetry #missing #lines

Peter Gerstenmaier Apr 26

The duchess and the fool

It could never work
You were a duchess
While I was a fool

But what a pretty
Dream it was...

If only my blood was blue...

#duchess #fool #dream

Peter Gerstenmaier Apr 23

Norns

The Norns weren't kind
When they wove our fate
You were gone too soon
While I was left behind
To slowly fade

In memory of a dear friend...

#norns #kind #fate #fade

Peter Gerstenmaier Apr 15

Another you

Just like that, outta the blue
I realize that no matter what I do
There'll never ever be another you

And it hurts like hell...
Btw, how great is Chet Baker??

#blue #you

Peter Gerstenmaier Apr 8

Strangers

We can be strangers if you like
We can talk about the weather
Our silly plans for the weekend
Or how life has been kind to us
Trust me, I'm a terrific actor
You'll hardly be able to tell

We can be strangers if you like
Or at least we can pretend that
It doesn't shred us to pieces...

Have you ever come across friends and lovers that meant the world to you... and then had to act like they were mere acquaintances?
Never mind... hello there, stranger!
REPOST: written in Jan/25.

#strangers #actor #pretend