Footsteps to Nowhere
The years melted away
like short rain in the sand.
The past has lost its face
with grueling thoughts,
which circle
without beginning and end
I follow the footsteps,
to nowhere
and repeat like daydreams.
Sadness paralyzes my thoughts,
falling down from a leaden sky,
like autumn leaves
Background for this Poem:
I was on a forest walk on a cool autumn day and walked across a meadow with many crocuses on my way home. Back in my flat I decided to draw this picture and thought it would go well with my poem.
Author Bio:
Gert W. Knop – pseudonym André Steinbach – was born in 1943. He lives, since 2009, in Zittau/Saxony/Germany. He studied Grafic Arts at the Free Academy and Werkkunstschule Mannheim, Germany. He was a teacher of lithography, wood, and linocut at the “Academia de Bellas Artes of the Universidad del Norte,” in Antofagasta, Chile. He studied Tropical Agriculture in Germany and in Scotland (University of Edinburgh). Longer work stays in Israel, Sri Lanka, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, and Chile. He writes poetry (German / English / Spanish), short stories, fairy tales, and plays.
Find Gert’s Writing at:
Wir, Die Indianer Der Mümling, under pseudonym André Steinbach, on Amazon (Limited Availability)
Der Juwelenvogel: Märchen aus Sri Lanka on Amazon
Tagträume / Daydreams / Sueños Diurnos: Liebesgedichte / Love Poems / Poemas de Amor on Amazon
20 Gedichte Deutsch/ Englisch/ Spanisch/ Polnisch und Tschechisch on E-Publi
Tante Bettys Teegartengeschichten Erzählungen und Märchen on E-Publi
Atacama – Im Großen Norden Geschichten, Gedichte, Drama mit Illustrationen on E-Publi
More information on: http://www.kulturwegweiser-ol.de/ (only in German)
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Artwork © Gert W. Knop 2020
