Aphrodite,
daughter of tides, keeper of mirrors,
sun-shaped, salt-swimming,
slipping out of your sea-drenched skin,
leading me into your reflection,
quenching my thirst
with the salt travelling through your sweat,
through your tears,
through the clear generous waters of your body,
overflowing, awakening the earth,
bringing the river up over its banks,
cradling the living waters that sing your praises,
self-born, ocean-taught,
lover of all that flows and changes,
daughter of tides, keeper of mirrors,
Aphrodite.