leviathan, Leviathan By Czeslaw Milosz

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 Leviathan By Czeslaw Milosz

Poetry

So Little

I said so little.
Days were short.

Short days.
Short nights.
Short years.

I said so little.
I couldn't keep up.

My heart grew weary
From joy,
Despair,
Ardor,
Hope.

The jaws of Leviathan
Were closing upon me.

Naked, I lay on the shores
Of desert islands.

The white whale of the world
Hauled me down to its pit.

And now I don't know
What in all that was real.

Berkeley, 1969

By Czeslaw Milosz from "The Collected Poems 1931-1987", 1988
Translated by Czeslaw Milosz and Lillian Vallee

Definition

leviathan, Leviathan
noun [C] LITERARY
something or someone that is extremely large and powerful:
The US is seen as an economic leviathan.

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