it is only an iceberg one of the underlings said
captain of this ship knew most would be dead
He had not wanted to eliminate all of those boats
but the promoters thought this beast would always float
only an iceberg, and the ship disappeared into the sea
with fifteen hundred people lost in the bowels of history
on her maiden voyage, this glorious vessel went down
For a disaster in history, the Titanic wears the crown
Built unsinkable
She carried her crew proudly
Dresses, wine, and charms
Women twirled into men's arms
Now their ghosts dance in the sea
Too many people made safety decisions based on beauty
iceberg takes out over a thousand people
Titanic continues to give me nightmares
a real disrespect toward second class passengers
naval officers going down with the ship
illustrious luxury, plunging into the sea
chosen few were given seats on lifeboats
Here from heaven, I see you fulfilling the promise you made to me—
of living and taking care of our child, whom we made in the ship of dreams,
crossing the water slowly on a dark night at sea.
I get why you are pissed at me,
and I'm sorry for leaving you on your own.
I was hoping you'd somehow find someone—just my clone.
But since you could see me even with a blindfold on your eyes,
you loved only me, me, and me—
despite knowing I couldn't offer a home like paradise.
It's because it was me with whom you wanted to grow old.
You went to all those places, carrying me in your heart—
places where "we will go together," you once told.
Your faith in me is deep like the ocean,
yet even the weight of our love would reach its bottom.
The day I drew you was the last time my hands moved beautifully.
That night was the last time I listened to the serene ocean,
with the person I loved truly.
What goes up must come down
or so they do say
and what goes around comes around
or at least it's on the way
meanwhile I'll bide my time
to see if what goes down does come up
altho' I highly doubt it
for in the case of Titanic
there's no two ways about it
and let's see what it takes
to make snowflakes rise again
the same goes for drizzle
hail sleet and rain
but what about man's junk in space
some returns some stays in place
but who are those expert 'they'
and who knows what gave them the right
to advance the twaddle they do say
They left Southampton with a coal fire down below,
Olympic class of the White Star Line, little did they know.
Irish-built in Belfast, one iceberg was all it took as,
with insufficient lifeboats, the whole wide world it shook.
Departing Queenstown, compartments not all watertight,
unsinkable or so they said, until that tragic night...
(almost a six-day cruise).
She was poorly equipped and, as all good Captains do
(tho' that is not his due), Edward Smith
(and fifteen hundred souls or more)
went down with the ship.
And the band played on as the ship was going down,
were they blind (drunk?), out of their minds,
they were all about to drown.
Some thought 'Bravery,' others, 'Stupidity,'
(altho' cold as ice), I can say, quite categorically,
I would have jumped ship if it were me.
Tho' it's a deep subject, rock-bottom at very best,
the play on Broadway (take a bow) you won't see,
of lost lives and broken hearts
is... 'The Titanic, In Two Parts'.
I felt our hearts drowning in the sea of Love,
I tried to cover them with my palm's cozy glove,
Yet they drowned and I could feel it,
I am indeed privileged to see it.
We tried to manage in our mind's raft,
However, both our hearts finally drowned in that sea- Forever and Ever!
Love on board
The seas can’t separate our commitment for each other
Through the challengers that so be
It’s our love being you and me
Guided through the storms of final chapter
Love will always live ever after
Devoted shall remain
Ida & Isidore Strauss, partners to Mr. Rowland Hussey Macy of the Macy’s Department Store Organization were aboard the Titanic
Their love ever and always strong
When fate hit the Titanic, the vessel that was unsinkable became unthinkable
History that was became to an end
The ship’s crew had requested women and children board the Life boats, but Ida refused and stated with a discerning voice, “Love brought us together, and we shall die together”
Their love was truly connected like no other
Souls for the seas
Their love transported through the breeze
Danger into the atmosphere
Ida and Isidore Strauss spirit transcends in always a preserver.
The ship of dreams
Opulent surroundings
Fancy bed linens
Luxurious dinner plates and tablecloths
Gleaming virginal utensils
Dazzling crystal chandeliers
Polished walnut woodwork
Gold gilded fireplaces
Wardrobes ready for furs and dresses
An experienced captain
Eager staff
Bustling activity
Musicians, artists, businessmen aboard
High ranking officials, wealthy industrialists, celebrities
Cruising flawlessly in clear blue sea
A haven and heaven during the day
Easy sleeping and dreaming in the evening
J.P. Morgan was disappointed to have to cancel at the last minute
Four glorious days of sailing
Around Midnight April 15th, 1912 the Titanic struck an iceberg
The chunk of devilry slashed a three-hundred-foot gash in the hull
Haphazard evacuation ensued
First lifeboat could have held sixty-five people
It left with twenty-eight
The dream ship broke in half after filling halfway up with water
In two hours fifteen hundred people died
The majority of them froze to death in the North Atlantic
The Titanic
A ship unsinkable
The aftermath unthinkable
A ship with all the avion’ and majesty
The voyage from Southampton in British waters
There was a couple, IDA AND ISIDOR STRAUS of particular interest
They were connected to MACY’S DEPARTMENT STORE as CO-OWNERS
Their love was always united in sophistication and splendor
Devastation would take a certain turn
The Titanic just hit an iceberg and was now being to sink
The Ship’s Captain and his mates ordered the woman and children into the lifeboats
IDA STRAUS refused to depart from her husband, ISIDOR
She quoted these words, “I will not be separated from my Husband as we have lived so shall we die together”
As the Titanic sank ever so close to the bottom of the seas, they were on deck together holding arm in arm being forever love will always live on in the Heavenly skies
Love being the lookout and uplifted
The many passengers that departed with the wounds taken with them with life extended into a new life
A Solomon quote, “Many waters cannot quench love, but neither can the floods drown it”
Titanic mission fulfilled but not complete.
Leo and Kate
Dynamic duo
Capture all hearts.
They built a ship,
to sail the blue.
A sight of wonder,
a dream come true.
They thought they built,
a mighty view.
There is no sea,
it can’t sail through.
But they were wrong.
For what they built,
was not so strong.
It brought them death,
that is for sure.
In the dark of night,
too far from shore.
An iceberg hit,
and flank it tore.
Husbands and wives,
did not survive.
Even the children,
did lose their lives.
With great Valour,
all rich and poor,
did give their lives,
to force majeure.
The ones who lived,
and had survived,
could not forget,
the souls deprived.
As for the owners,
who were Britannic,
could not forget,
the great Titanic.
the band leader motioned for the men to keep playing
They were not getting off alive, but they could go down with music
confusion and yelling was heard from all sides of the deck
cowardly men were dressing like women, hoping for a life boat seat
the kitchen was breaking apart now
you could hear loud cracking and groaning
sturdy white cups for third class were falling out of cupboards
also the pretty cornflower plates for the regular passengers
in short order, the gold leaf fine china would be hitting the water
the band leader and his brave men kept playing
they could hear sobbing and screaming then another loud crack
the iceberg had torn into the middle of the Titanic
She flew up into the air, and then hurled herself down
plunging into the icy waters with an unnatural rapid force
Eight hundred died that day, and seven hundred lived
The bandleader and his men walked into heaven together.
Ye' Ole' Titanic,
That sailed across the seas
An iceberg did it come to see
It stood in the ships way dismayed
Of a ships voyage that now is display.
The lives it had lost and were taken,
On that saddened treacherous day
Broke hearts of many other's lives
If what we lost in that very same way.
The maydays must have been missing,
That steal rig sure did give her a kissing
Hard to believe that was one of the first
Recorded ships to come down to be a hit.
Chinrest in place I begin to play my violin and the whole world
disappears....
an appassionato moment of pure delight, among the chaos of
a swallowing ocean !
Dreams I never dared dream pour out like blood, at the cusp of
a massive drowning;
Titanic of 1912, a collision of magnitude proportion between
ice and steel,
the thrum of dying bodies pummeling down into the sea.
She was beautiful, a broken fire in the middle of the
Adriatic Sea...
He a Jack of the arts a poor man with a lucky card
then there was J Bruce Ismay, a coward
with a license to preach, a self appointed God,
who placed greed in front of life and progress...
I play on, " Nearer, My God, to Thee"
my music becomes my last will and testament,
as my feet sink and my soul leaves my body
I play for the God who saves,
I play for the drowning victims,
and I play for the sea, that taketh me
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