time difference by anelephantcant
Click here to hear a reading of the poem:
at first I think perhaps you’re the right one
but I’m aware I have no point of reference
we seem to have no common culture
we can never overcome the time difference
when you ask me I write you a love song
you tell me you don’t care for the tune
I really try I reach for the sky
but you my love you want the moon
like Tom Bombadil long before you
you dance happily between drops of rain
sadly I can’t evade even tear drops
I drown in my lonely lost pain
at last I awaken and realise
love is no more and no less than a crime
I torture myself and then others
the difference of course is just time
anelephantcant 
Elephant I can tell you are so sad (or your speaker is) and miss so much whoever or those whom you loved, but the love is gone. I think it helps you to have your James Bond Villian self for flash fiction, helps get the sad emotions out with all that murder. Dial M for Murder . . .
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Ah Amanda, AnElephant can always rely on his sweet friend to lift the gloom!
He agrees that on occasional an alter ego is a definite bonus.
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I loved reading what flourished from your idea. Beautiful, as always.
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AnElephant is grateful for whatever inspiration he can find.
He is more than grateful to Anja for her long time support.
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And you will always have my support.
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Dear Elephant,
What’s Saturday morning (my time) without tears. As always, you make me want to send you hugs and dry your eyes. Beautifully written my pink pachyderm.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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AnElephant is touched by the lady’s gentle words.
He always enjoys her hugs.
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Liked the poem … until the very last line. Then I loved it. Those last few words bring everything together, like taking four corners of a table-cloth and clearing the whole table, full of everything, in one clever movement. Simply lifting the four corners of the table cloth up and off … and …. VOILA.
Fabulous, Elephant. ~ Cobs.
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AnElephant thanks Cobs for her very kind words, and her graphic depiction of how she read it.
And he apologises for the tardiness of his response, a week disrupted by travel and other issues.
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