Outback

35-39

My first running race a 6k.

I finished #5 in my age category!

Disappear

It's lonely here without you

zorro just hangs around the house

it's lonely here without you

the garden is neglected

where the rose used to grow

vines twine around the brown patches

even though spring is blooming everywhere

the sidewalk is cracked in front of your house

and i call your name and it echoes

reverberates

along the hedge row

along the fence

it's lonely here

without you

tomorrow comes too soon

i was just remembering yesterday when I woke up

wrote you a letter

and called your phone

it's lonely here without you

seems to be a week or so

but i still try to remember the sight of you

the smell of you

the thought of you

I haven't been myself these days I haven't thought

of me these days

one thing

to do

tomorrow is

sit here on my own - watch the spring turn to summer and the fall lumber on

i can't remember the mess i made

i can't remember the haste escape

i left the house

didn't make the bed

just walked on the cracked street

back street

crack street

it's lonely here

without you

jane behind the curtain

jane behind the curtain

April 2010 - j.conrader

switch back

the light

from behind the curtain

jane is hiding there

where

her blonde hair is hanging

in her face

a rumpled lace collar around her neck

black worn fabric fitted against her chest

jane

now where has she gone

we searched the white kitchen

we searched the grand hall

we searched the dark dining room

the locked closet

the empty cell

where has she gone

jane

deranged

delighted

derailed

jane

hiding behind the curtain

Fading

Fading light

in the evening

on the hills

the sun

like a beacon

in my head

watching

wistfully

as the day

turns slowly to night

the echoes

in the hillside

the echoes

following the light

as the shadows

creep

along the trail

the light is fading

fading

into night

Chicago

Bad Day Good Day

I wander round

I wander round

as the leaves fall

and new ones grow

I wander round

in the evening

as the light grows dim

I wander round

on the pavement

as the cars go by

I wander

as the bees go flying by

I wander

in the woods

as the turkeys fly

I wander

I wander

in the noon day sun

as the hawks call from the sky

I wonder why I wander

I wander on by

In the Morning

before the dawn

a certain quiet

covers the river

sawgrass swaying

the beat of a heron's wing

a leaf growing

a blossom

budding

frog

fish

gator

panther prowling

river slow

flowing

creeping like the light is

emerging

from the east over the city

and crawling flowing like

the river

like the wind

sawgrass changing

from black to green

chirp chirp chirp

bird bird bird

river flowing

river

flowing

cleansing

renewing

starting at the end

soft

wind

filled with the early light the

damp dew

hanging

on the tips of blades

washing

flowing

running

starting

wearing

the new day

like a badge

like a shield

like

a

river

in the morning

Baby, It's Cold Outside

This was the freezing rain we had in Florida. Now that's cold.

It Never Rains in California

Stagnant Time Pieces

the plates pushed across the table

crumbs on the floor

stagnant time pieces

he paces

watch for the train as it rolls by

tethered to the night

quarter to nine

drawn and quartered

ten steps behind

hurried hounds

harbor great debts

ten cent note

wet, wet, wet

turn around the corner

follow me down

turn around the corner

follow me

now

paces,races

worried

fled

torn pieces

he paces

watch for the rain as it falls now

against the window pane

against the grain

step lightly

tread lightly

not on me

not,not,not

take time dear friend

take time

time to take in the future

past behind

the wall, the wall, the wall

turn to me now

turn around me now

tumble down shack

tumble down, tumble down

I slept

I slept

cold and wet

I slept

I slept

forget i mentioned

forget i came

forget, forget , get , get, get

the glasses are emptied

wine spilled on the gown

the jester is sleeping

the jester is dead

take the watch to the train delayed

take the ticket to the window in the rain

remember the ticket

remember the TICKET

flight,flit,flew

the window is open

ajar

the window is open

a door

adore

amore

he paces

he paces

the floor

Languish

Lovely Ladies who languish by the sea.
Why do you wait for me?
Bronze bodies,black floppy hats with cigarettes to light.

Lovely Ladies, do you see the clouds?
As they float by like sailing ships, as your kids wander round.
White billows, silver rimmed linings with dreams to catch.

Lovely Ladies who dig their feet into the sand.
When will you go home?
Fast cars, red hot asphalt with places to go.

Lovely Ladies who languish
Lovely Ladies in anguish
Lovely Ladies by the sea
by the sea
by the sea
Lovely ladies who languish
Why do you wait for me?

Noise

Slam. Sitting straight up in bed. Ears straining.

The Phone

The sunlight filtered through the curtains, heavy with dust.
She stirred quietly. The phone rang in the other room.