Mermaid

Only ten, was it the loss of the Mermaid that drowned your heart?
Cloistered up in adolescence to pull you under, they say that a family loses one life as it gains a new life.
It seems like when the afflicted try to turn around, clean up and spin down, it's the last time that makes it the last time.
If you remember the last thing that I said to you, then sorry, I didn't mean those last words. I love you, brother.

Picture for Michnowski.