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Created on: December 10, 2008
The forefront of opulence
that bled sophistication
once thought of as indestructible
now sits quietly
as an icy tomb
and light fades on history
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Poetry: The Titanic
Romanticized for a hundred years
Titanic has rusted away
her ghosts stories told a thousand ways
yet her debris still goes
by Shama Begum
The Unsinkable is what it was called,
Wouldn't sink to the depths of the sea,
Would carry so much and complete its voyage,
The forefront of opulence
that bled sophistication
once thought of as indestructible
now sits quietly
as an icy tomb
and light
The Titanic
Unsinkable
Or
Death trap
We don't think
Like that any more
Too many deaths
Too much tragedy
Too many broken dreams
Man's
Strange pain reclined in watery tomb,
Blood frozen with maddening fear,
Cold flare plunge the ship into sinking doom,
To
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