Ode to Titanic

At Southampton, she was berthed,
The grandest ship upon god's earth.
To New York she was bound,
Golden opportunities for many were to be found.
As launch day loomed bright and clear,
She was sent on her way with waves and cheer
"God speed Titanic" many would say,
Go, go, be on your way.

~~~~~~~~~~~~

Speeding through the cold, dark night,
An ice-berg merges in her sight.
"Turn, turn" the order was clear
As the ice-berg loomed ever near.
A jolting bump, an agonising grate,
The ice-berg had sealed Titanic's fate.

~~~~~~~~~~~~

In the boats, they hear the cries of despair
As Titanic's stern rises steathly into the air.
Silently, she slips beneath the waves,
Taking all aboard her to their watery graves.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

R.I.P. Titanic, for she is with us no more,
But rests quietly upon the ocean floor.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~