a wrinkle in time | kelsier van dam oneshot
Jan 29, 2015 1:57:49 GMT -5
Post by gamemaker kelsier on Jan 29, 2015 1:57:49 GMT -5
Dear K.V.D,
I’m not going to brag and say that I’m your biggest fan because I’m not. I just discovered your book “Et Cetera” about a week ago, and that’s only because I broke my leg and I’ve had nothing else to do but watch TV and read. A friend bought it for me, and she told me to read “The Sparrow,” first because I like birds. She must not have actually read the story. Why would you show a bird-lover a story like that?
Anyway, I read it, and I haven’t picked up the book since. Not because I didn’t like it. Because I loved it. I loved it a lot.
It’s not because I pity the sparrow. I mean I do because I love birds (and I realize I’m saying ‘because’ a lot in this letter and I’m sorry, I’ve never written a letter before and I’m not sure how to write to someone famous and talented so I’m sorry for everything sounding horrible), but I was more focused on the boy. He has a big heart. You never specify how young he is, so maybe he’s still in those innocent years when he’s naïve and thinks that mothers are the ones who nurture and bring things back to life. I was just like that. I was that boy, and maybe I still am. That’s why I liked this story so much, I think, because I am that boy.
What a heartless mother, too. I know he’s just a boy in a story but I can’t help but wonder how he will react. Is this the moment when he learns that not everything can be saved? That mothers aren’t always what people say they are? I was probably a lot older than him when I found out. My mother is pretty terrible too. She’s a drunk. She leaves and sometimes doesn’t come back for days. I think she needs therapy, but if I tell her she’ll flip out.
I’m sorry, you probably don’t want to hear about my personal life, but the story reminds me a lot about myself.
After I send this I’m going to pick up your book again and read another story. Who knows, you might hear from me again.
Love always,
The Boy