A Night of Changed Destiny

On the shores I watched disappear Stands the family who raised me Across the Atlantic awaits my future Preparing our life of matrimony In between lies destiny Changing life’s course is her device Cloaked, unseen in the moonlit night As a floating island made of ice Elbows rubbing elite elbows My father’s parting gift Sending me off in first class style In hope of a caustic lifestyle shift But pretending to be of a noble class Hobnobbing with the upper crust Will pay my bride no dividends When in tragedy we are thrust Some rich men proved to be cowards Some rich men proved to be brave Too many men of every class Were sent to an early grave After assisting as many as I possibly could Into lifeboats they saved for me I threw my tuxedo overboard And sought second class company On the shores I watched disappear Tears were shed for a fallen son Across the Atlantic a bride sits waiting For a groom who would never come