из "Поcлания в бутылке"
TO ALL THE SHIPS AT SEA, TO ALL THE PORTS OF CALL. TO MY FAMILY TO ALL FRIENDS AND STRANGERS. THIS IS THE MESSAGE AND THE PRAYER.
THE MESSAGE IS THAT MY TRAVELS TAUGHT ME A GREAT TRUTH I ALREADY HAD WHAT EVERYONE IS SEARCHING FOR AND FEW EVER FIND: THE ONE PERSON IN THE WORLD WHO I WAS BORN TO LOVE FOREVER. A PERSON LIKE ME OF THE OUTHER- BANKS AND THE BLUE ATLANTIC MYSTERY. A PERSON REACH IN SIMPLE TREASURES, SELF-MADE, SELF-TAUGHT. A HARBOR WHERE I’M FOREVER HOME. AND NO WIND OR TROUBLE OR EVEN A LITTLE DEATH CAN KNOCK DOWN THIS HOUSE.
THE PRAYER IS THAT EVERYONE IN THE WORLD CAN KNOW THIS KIND OF LOVE AND BE HEALED BY IT. IF MY PRAYER IS HEARD THEN THERE WILL BE AN ERASING OF ALL GUILT AND ALL REGRET AND AN END OF ALL ANGER. AMEN. PLEASE, GOD.