I am not very coherent today but this is so, so, so much.  Poetry really is words for how to say things that we can't, otherwise--so sparingly but so clearly.  There's so much here.  thank you, it's beautiful and meaningful

Very telling!

I like how you use that story of the tree they planted.

I love how you've portrayed Elrond here -- the quietness of the words really shows the depths of his grief as well as his anger, and both of those are set so well in the ideas of kindness and summer. A lovely work! I'd love to see bits of it translated to Sindarin and sung (a Hall of Fire song for sure!).

I love how you've cracked open that short phrase and pulled out all the feels beneath the surface. This is so beautifully poignant, and very relatable to me. 

I love how you've highlighted Elrond's feelings about the strangeness of being called "as kind as summer", a time of year which is so often not very kind. A beautiful poem. 🧡