Tell Her That I Love Her
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"Love conquers all (and spellchecks can sometimes be a waste of time!) Written for inclusion in a friend’s book in 2006. Much of the book’s story was set in Holland." - Allen Ansell She sits beside me as I type, but no-one can see her – we are alone. She smiles when I type her name, and broadcasts a loving smile. There is a serenity to this woman – a peace that is rare to find, an openness too – a big heart; bigger than her halo of golden hair. She does not always join me – leaving me here to the magic of my Dyn, sometimes to the pain of a stubborn empty page, or my tears of empathy. She once asked me, “What is the point?” and although I said we never know, never, the absurdity was me telling her such things! Some days we listen to the music. I can see her absorb melody like wine… no, like nectar… enriching, delighting; for her it is like manna from heaven. And when some beautiful chord of sound brightens up my room, she says it, six little words that I know she so desperately wants to hear. Yesterday, as the sun was setting behind the surrounding trees, she cried. Had I not turned and looked at her, I would not have known, there were no audible sobs, just sad green eyes and wet alabaster cheeks… and drips; salty drips that made the floor tiles wet. I did not need to ask the reason, for there was anger in the air around us. What she – they – had endured, beyond all reason, beyond all sanity, beyond, was spilled across the screen; a vermilion slash of cruel words that questioned her ending, and thus her beginning. And so, I defended her – for her… …her beloved tochter**. © Allen Ansell 2006, 2023 ** The word 'tochter' is recognised as meaning daughter in German, however at the time of writing I was told to use 'tochter' in respect of this Dutch child by my author friend. 3
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