Life of the Party

Robin Williams

Rapid fire one liners from seemingly thin air

 

So quick with your thoughts it took our breath away

 

Incredibly fast mind; the perfect one liner,

 

Every time; how does he do it, you'd ask yourself

 

A once-in-a-lifetime talent; you could only wish

 

To be even 1/8th as good; 1/12th

 

Always on, always the clown, you'd expect funny,

 

You'd expect to be entertained

 

Then one day it apparently became too much

 

For you, you tired of always being the life of the party,

 

The party is over for you my friend

 

The lampshade on the head hid a very much darker

 

Side; one that nobody wanted to see

 

We turned to you for an escape from reality,

 

Not to be reminded of it; 'make us laugh,'

 

Humor-on-demand; Robin, what demons

 

You must have lived with; none of us will

 

Ever understand; I'm sorry you were so unhappy

 

That you took the only way out you could see

 

The world lost a true talent, nay, a talented genius

 

Reviews

[Vidya Bacchus]

A fitting tribute to Robin my friend.We all loved him but his demons got the better of him.Behind his smile hid such sadness.He will be missed :)

[Michael Stevens]

Yes, he certainly will; I wonder if we'll ever see talent like he had, for both comedy and drama, again? Probably not; there was no one like him before, and it's hard to imagine it ever again.

[Vidya Bacchus]

True that Mikey .May he finds the peace he could not in life.

[Michael Stevens]

Amen to that!