Prayer to Amphitrite

O Amphitrite, queen of the bounded sea,

Lady on your throne of shells

Or riding the crests of the green waves

In your delicate shell-chariot

Drawn by rearing seahorses,

Daughter of Nereus who stood out

Like a pearl, like a blue-green gem

Among the dancing forms of your sisters,

And so won Poseidon's turbulent heart

That he placed you on his throne for love,

Help me as I navigate this challenge.

For I too love a man with a roaring heart,

Kindly and vengeful by sudden turns,

Exploding with joy and stormy with sorrow,

Ready to embrace or strike out

With the force of the wave that destroys whole cities.

Show me how to cool his brow, to calm his waters

Until he will see reason, or at least forget his grudge.

Show me how to guide him to serenity,

Or as much as is possible for one such as he.

Guide me through the heaving waves of my fear

So that I may be an anchor for us both.

O Amphitrite, hold out your salt-rimed hand

And lead me safe to an island of peace.

Poseidon