Ballad of the Souls Part I (My Leviathan)
Pale beaches,
and a spectral colored sea.
These are the
things important to me.
Underneath
waves of pink, blue, and red
is Her only:
the creature in my head.
She was selfish,
angelic Leviathan,
keeping color
for Herself and not the sand.
I wrote a song
and cast my lure into blue,
but deeper She
swam into different hues.
She was desperate
to escape my lyrics and pleas,
that begged Her to bring
Her love to the colorless beach.
I dove from the dock,
descending for thousands of leagues
in hasty pursuit,
pushing on despite my fatigue.
The pressure was building.
I felt like I was starting to choke
on deeply dyed water.
Close to death with words I hadn’t yet spoke.
That was when I saw Her
laying on the dark of the sea floor,
rooted and unmoving,
refusing to return to the shore.
“Won’t you share your hues?”, I plead.
With a blush that lit up the dark She said
She couldn’t remember how.
I leaned in and kissed Her beautiful head.
I gave Her my hand and I
sang to Her until She heard from my song
that She was the puzzle piece
that I had been searching for all along.
We embraced
and we wept star colored tears.
She’s my life.
It’s like we’ve been apart years.
Now my sand
is no longer grainy snow,
but instead
shines an immaculate glow.
And Her sea
brews with life at every end.
Here, our home,
me and my Leviathan.
I am Brendan Cox and I’m currently a third-year student here at CSUSM pursuing my degree in Literature and Writing Studies. While creative writing hadn’t been my preferred area of the degree, I’ve deeply grown to love it. I’ve always had a passion for writing horror, and I think that reflects in my writing. When I’m not writing I love playing music and expressing myself in any other creative area I can get my hands on.