6 September 2012
The water has made me numb all over my body. My eyes have become misty with little clouds that I think may be my frozen eyelashes. I can see bright lights flickering in the distance which I can tell are from the sinking Titanic. My family are nowhere to be seen and I feel my heart break within and wish I had the strength to cry and mourn for all the people I may never see again.
Some say we hit an iceberg but everything happened so quickly that all we could do was get away.
I stay as close as I can to the others floating around me, trying to pass warm air onto each other, but the temperature of this water is something I have never felt before. It's like a brain freeze across your whole body; every muscle, every bone, every tissue that exists inside you feels tingly and sore.
I think of my fiancée waiting for me in New York. We were recently wed and had to part ways for a while as he had a new job where he travelled a lot. We planned to start our own family and desperately wanted a baby. I worried that my luck was out and I may never have the chance.
I feel my breathing get deeper as my lungs tighten from the ice that has possessed me. I try keep my eyes open but I feel that shutting them may ease my pain somehow.
I see a small boat coming and a man is blowing a whistle at the front. I think they have come to save us but I can't move or make a sound.
I sink into my life jacket and feel my lungs shrivel inside. I pray that all the ones I love are safe and happy somewhere as I know these thoughts will be my last.
I don't know how I knew, but I could feel myself drawing my final breath as I gave into the pain and sorrow that was the Titanic.
by vera©
Titanic • Opuss № I