She drowned me in a lust beyond compare

And drew me deep beneath her passioned waves;

To choking depths I sank, bereft of air

As she entombed me in her watery maze;

Yet soon I learned to breathe that bitter brine,

My eyes, compelled, adjusted now to see

The vastness of her sub aquatic shrine—

That dark pelagic prison ‘neath the sea.

Each night I dined on tender fruit de mer

While serenaded by sweet sirens’ songs,

Fair nereids did tend my every care—

I learned her name was Amphitrite ‘fore long.

She’d chained a brood of Hydras in a cage…

Which I did choose to face o’er Neptune’s rage.