Titanic - Fare Thee Well Poetry Contest
I recall many brights stars
but no moon
for lack of guiding light
we will sink soon
I see ladies
with much fancier clothes
lowered with room to spare
in lifeboat rows
If only they were to let me
catch a boat
I would not sink
or lay frozen afloat
I don't mind, as much
being pierced with cold
But to think... I'll never
--ever-- grow old :(
I stay aboard
with the shivering crowd
now comforting ourselves
we pray aloud
Fr. Thomas Byles*
--he prayed with me!
before my last farewell
into the sea...
For salvation
we're quietly dreaming
while others
are miserably screaming
My life slips away...
there is no more time
to record my life story
in this rhyme
I can only trust--
He's the Guiding Light
I hope our prayers
lead us to His sight
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*For background info on who Fr. Thomas Byles was see my other poem: poetrysoup.com/poem/father_thomas_byles_martyr_of_the_titanic_1422381
Copyright © Michelle Smith | Year Posted 2024
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