Grasping my feet like stony tentacles
Waterworn jewels churn around toes
Daughters of Nereus dance the depths
Inviting and enticing
With each receding wave
To swim
Beneath ancient horizons
Forever in heavenly pools
The Cretan moon sparkles
On silver silken threads
Wild thyme woven with endless time
Their tight mesh wound around my heart
Paralysing body and mind
Thwarts escape
Mœræ whisper, my fate lies here
On Sougia beach
From shoulders
My heavy cloak dropped
Kissed by sun and salt
A captive of land and sea
Both had won me
Flying away
I vow to return
My spirit having stayed
