Thomas to Jane:
If this were a beautiful summer day, Jane, I could point out its beauties to you one by one, and then you would take over and be the finger pointing at the many things that charm us and convince us of the goodness of our lives. But just look at our world - you can barely see anything it's so occluded with smoke and waste. Is there any place left for us to see and know the sweetness of things?
We have nothing left in nature to point to and say, 'You see that flower, right? You see its passionate red petals, its intense yellow center? Well, I am that vibrant red and yellow when I sit beside you.'
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.......I am very pleased the story continues, and it was nice reading the conversations....suppose this was after dinner and possibly thomas was outdoors with jane under a beautiful starry sky in late summer....I believe she is quite possibly the love of his life....and then a short time later he speaks with samuel....both conversations were quite interesting....and kept my attention....this is a great follow up to the first chapter....I wonder if there will be another...suppose we will have to wait and see....
Letter form Samuel to Thomas (Public) PS: Do say hello to Jane for me when you see her. I trust that you are still in contact? I always loved her too you know, though truthfully, I swear, she only had eyes for you. It is still such a mystery to me that you never saw it. Though maybe you did and just thought yourself unworthy. It was so clear that she didn't believe that! You know that she never married don't you? Yes, of course you know that. How could you not know that! ?
This is extraordinarily impressive! Using character conversation to portray the authors thoughts... BRILLIANT! I had previously thought you could only do that in books, not poetry. Did you prove me wrong! But that is only half of it. What your characters are discussing. The deep love that was once cherished long ago, now replaced by mere sexual pleasure. As your cute couple speaks of in their first love experience. As for your freedom idea...SPOT ON. Very well observed and understood. Truly going into detail about the 'Cage of Freedom'. As well as your modern man v.s classic morals and beliefs, now discarded. Trust me, I understand it all too well, being surronded by America's youth and future several hours a day. Observing how children have gone from pure innocents to brainwashed dolls corrupted by the media. But never have been able to write a poems as accurate and strong as yours. You have gone above and beyond this time Mr.Daniel. Keep it up! :) -SOH