Peter Garrett

Peter Garrett Oct 2024

Gap

If filling the gap
Between the man I am
And the one you deserve
Isn't enough reason to
Get up in the morning
Then I don't know
What ever will

I like to think I'll get there...

#gap #deserve

Peter Garrett Oct 2024

Ode to coffee

Only you can take
Me out of bed and
Get me through the
Dullness of my day
Only you can give me
Energy enough to keep
All those intrusive
Thoughts at bay

No need for sugar
No need for cream
I like you dark
Bitter and true
I believe we make
Such a perfect team
When we're together
I never feel blue

So call it love
Call it addiction
I couldn't care less
If I have a cup of
Hot strong coffee
I won't fade to stress

Just one cup will be fine... or maybe twenty.

#coffee #ode #energy

Peter Garrett Oct 2024

Mind over body

Mind over body
Is what they tell me
Yet I can't help to feel
That's just placing
A broken thing
Over another

I feel so exhausted lately... in every single way. Hopefully it shall pass.

#mind #body #broken

Peter Garrett Oct 2024

Routeless

I wish things could be
As simple as they were
Back then when I would
Pick you up at school
And we'd drive
All day long
Routeless

I miss being young and carefree by your side

#simple #drive #routeless

Peter Garrett Oct 2024

Death and taxes

It'll all work out
It'll all work out
It'll all work out

These are the words
I've been repeating
To myself nonstop for
The past few months
Like a compulsive
Prayer

But I'm not sure
Of them anymore
To be honest I'm not
Quite sure of anything
These days other than
Death and taxes

A piece about anxiety... plus, I'm a tax auditor, so a little joke about work as well.

#anxiety #death #taxes

Peter Garrett Oct 2024

Combo

It's such a lovely combo
The warmth of your legs
Paired with the frost
On your heart

You're the whole package

#combo #warmth #frost

Peter Garrett Oct 2024

Berlin

Yesterday I took
A day off and drove
All the way to Berlin
A seven hours roadtrip
(Which I made in four)
Like the ones I used to do
Back when we were young
Just because you said that
There'd be some party and
It'd be cool if I showed up

Yesterday I walked
In the pouring rain
Around the Tiergarten
Like we did so many times
Because you were having
A tough day and wanted
To talk about it

Yesterday I've had
Some coffee in our old
Place in Prenzlauer Berg
And I swear that for a
Moment I could glance
Across that familiar table
Your emerald green eyes
And the wild flames of
Your red hair

I know it's kind of stupid
Keep coming to this place
Now that you're happily
Married and with children
Living half the world away
In America

But those memories are
The closest I'll ever be
Of seeing you again
And for that Berlin
Will forever have
A special place
In my heart

Every street is such a vivid reminder of you

#berlin #roadtrip #memories