Ode to the Ocean Annabella Ritter-Pleitez ‘21 Second place literature contest winner
Praise the enchanting goddess of blue
who glistens with fragments of gold from the glow of the rising moon. Praise the enchanting goddess of blue who sings to the captain’s weary crew and grants them hopeful dreams of old doubloons. Praise the kind goddess of blue where the heaven sent doves croon their harmonious golden tune. Fear the treacherous goddess of blue who crashes against her silver bay with her bellowing midnight waves. Fear the treacherous goddess of blue, who roars as the sleepless sailors pray not to be sent to their graves. Fear the treacherous goddess of blue where no doves croon as they flee to the moon. Respect the mighty goddess of blue, the queen of the mesmerizing sea, who glistens as she dances with glee. Respect the mighty goddess of blue, whose hands hold the sailors’ fate as they sail above her great waves. Respect the eternal goddess, the queen of the mesmerizing sea, and all her ethereal power. ESSE 2021| 35
