Messages in a Bottle

Part 8

Dearest Mystery,

It's scary to say,

I know that feeling all too well –

But we are not as strong as our mistakes,

We are as strong as we make ourselves out to be.

Your dad is wrong –

About everything.

He shouldn't have pulled you out of water,

You belong in the sea,

Where you can swim freely.

I don't know what to say –

He sounds awfully strict,

But the image of you flopping around,

Is haunting because it's so inhumane.

And you are not Christine –

You are you –

And are capable of evading,

A fisherman whose only weapon,

Is some bait and a string.