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