Captain Smith's Inspection

I was on the SS Winterhaven on that night in 1977 My name is Leonard Bishop and I am the second officer When we passed over the deep six grave of the SS Titanic It was evening time and I was making my rounds When an older bearded gentleman joined me As he walked sure footed around my ship He asked me lot of questions about the safety of the ship There was something about the man that haunted me As I bade him good night on the deck of the ship When I came into port later on I was looking at an article about the Titanic And I saw a picture of Captain Edward John Smith It was the man I had shown around my ship I wonder now when he died how haunted he was That he would still need to wander The decks of ships passing over his watery grave To satisfy himself that the ships were safe And they would not join Titanic in a watery grave. © Paul Warren Poetry This is taken from a true story.