Thorn Prison Letters #1
Source: The Case Against Gabriel Thorn, ABC documentary.
My little sparrow,
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately. This is the place to do it, I suppose.
I think about you.
I think about your mother.
I think about what I made you witness.
You must know how sorry I am for what you saw.
I never meant It haunts me too, Gabby. Every day.
But at the same time, I owe you thanks for it.
Having your eyes on me that night, it felt like my wings were clipped.
That’s when I knew I couldn’t keep flying from what I had done.
What I’d become. It was you, watching, that made me realize I had to cage myself.
I loved your mother more than words can say. What happened that night was never supposed to happen. It was an accident. I never meant to take her from you. Deep down, in your heart, you must know that. You must know me You know I would never hurt her on purpose, just like I would never hurt you.
I’m where I belong now, this cage of mine. But I want you to know, Gabby, that I never, not even once, stopped loving you. You were the only thing keeping me tethered to the earth, even as the rest of me was lost.
I love you always.
Daddy