Sinking of Titanic

The Titanic the luxury steamship Fabulously built and true legend On her maiden joyous voyage Crossing the North Atlantic ocean From the port of Southampton, England to the new world and New York city Fate suddenly struck with drama At the dawn of a new century In a moonless dark night In early April 14, 1912 Tragedy visited in bold letters There were many icebergs around The ship collided with a hidden one The captain realized what had happened There were calls for quick evacuation Women and children were first to leave The water was dark, chilly and icy There were few lifeboats for rescue The passengers were in total panic Many jumped off the shipboard to their doom and drowned Others from hypothermia soon died Calls for ships in the close area Please come in hurry and help Telegraphic signals were sent The Titanic sank in few hours A tragic page of history unfolded More than 1500 lives sadly perished The first ship came to rescue more than two hours too late The frightened passengers on lifeboats were pulled up and luckily saved The raging waters beneath showed no mercy or care Across the other side of the ocean At New York city port friends and relatives all were anxiously waiting The sinking of the Titanic news soon reached them Each praying their loved ones have been miraculously rescued The Titanic tragic sinking still remembered to our days Titanic stories are recounted Books written and movies made