Sinking Heart: A Titanic Narrative

April 15th, 1912, a day I will never forget. It all started when I went on this amazing and newly built ship, The titanic. It was bigger than I had imagined, and in a way, it felt sort of sophisticated. The ship was sailing to New York, where I planned to be. There were thousands of other people on the boat. Everyone was dressed up and had formal clothing on. I felt safe and happy in the environment.

One evening “There is an iceberg in front of us, we will sail around it, but it might cause some uneasiness.”, there was said through the speaker. I thought nothing of it, it didn’t matter because I don’t get seasick, I thought. I looked outside and saw the moon. I had to go out and look at it. I went outside on the deck and saw the amazingly beautiful moon and stars. The sky was so pretty that night.

Suddenly a woman came running whilst screaming, I was shocked, but I calmly tried to ask her what was wrong, but she didn’t answer. Then I felt the whole ship shake, as if it was crashing. More people came running. Everyone was panicking but I didn’t understand what was going on. “WE HAVE HIT THE ICEBERG, THE BOAT IS SINKING SEEK HELP NOW!”, came through the speaker. I didn’t start to panic. I didn’t even get scared I just lost myself. It was as if I wasn’t in my own body, like I watched myself just stand there. I couldn’t move or talk, it felt like my mind disappeared. It all felt so unreal.