Forever in my Mind

tragedy

 

The night air is very clear, cold, and brisk, enough to give one chills

The stars in the night sky look, a thousand twinkling diamonds sewn into the night sky

The ocean, I look upon, so calm, no movement, what so ever, so calm, so still

So beautiful, like a picture on a post card, but soon the angels, themselves would cry.

 

I am on the deck of the ship I and a lot others consider our escape

Our escape and transport, from a life of depravation and poverty

Going to a new place, where by starvation and poverty, we won't be raped

A safe way to leave that awful way of life behind, a totally safe way, for us to flee

 

We, all of us feel as if we have made the right decision, to leave that way of life behind

Going to a place, where most of us have only read about, or heard about

As with Moses from the Bible, the promised land, flowing, with milk and honey, a land, all of us look forward to find

In the hearts of many, there is no place left for any doubt

 

Me, a third class passenger, eating upon a table with linen on it, a warm bed, we are in high society now

But being in third class, soon that would mean only a sentence of death

Being on deck, in the cold, I a woman, I would be saved, while most of the third class would be thrown a foul

Most would be trapped in the very bottom, of this huge ship, most of them would end up taking their last breath.

 

When the ship hit the berg, a shudder went through the entire ship

At first, most just thought, a small collision, soon all this ruckus, everything would be alright

Then all of us realized, in her hull, the ice berg, there was a major rip

I was one of the lucky ones, but  fifteen hundred would die, right here, on this very night.

 

I realize if I hadn't been on deck, just like most in third class, never had a chance and would die

I am not proud, as I watch such an elegant lady and her passengers, slip beneath the icy cold sea

TITANIC, the ship of dreams, the ship of hope, on that night a thousand tears were cried

Those of us saved, like me, I would never forget the horrific scenes, burned forever in my mind, so from it, I can never flee.

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