Tribute to Robin Williams!

[BigPapaDean]

This was written by a dear friend of mine just a few days ago. He has like me suffered from many of the same things Robin Williams suffered from. I relate so much to everything in this poem and especially the part of that one true friend who stepped up to the plate for me! Enoy

 

Fallen

(ode to Robin Williams)

If a tree falls
In the forest
And no one hears it
Will anyone care
Or be there
Or ask why it fell
Speculate as to what might cause
Such a tragedy
Was it battered by storms
Disturbed by everyday norms
That seemed less daunting
To those on the outside looking in
Than they were to him
What if it were nothing more
Than loneliness that done him in
A hollow feeling of emptiness
Or chagrin, but then
How could a tree 
Be lonely
In a forest
Surrounded by other trees
Where life is open
For all to see
How could they not recognize
His curious bend
That his heart was broken
And needed to mend
But didn't know how
Would they not notice
The sap that he bleeds
So callously, ignore the pleas 
Of this, such a magnificent tree
Oh imagine what he could be
Or might have been
If he'd had a friend
Who'd stuck by his side
Till the end
But it seemed
He couldn't find any trees
With hearts so porous
It wasn't his fault
He fell
And no one could tell
That he couldn't see the trees
For the forest

©-Kris Porter-2015

‪#‎robinwilliams‬

[hxtr]

I miss him. Never met him but have thought so much about him over the years Mork &  Mindy long ago. I was so fascinated by him back then. He was a good man.

Now I talk to him when I want to. He is here...  in heaven in another dimension of zero Atoms.

His heart was and still is huge. 
 

[KenMan]

Very funny man, but was very ill at the end. Just watched the tribute yesterday on Netflix.

[little_old_man]

Nice tribute Dean. Depression is a horrible disease.

 

Robin was one of those rare individuals who could put on a mask to conceal it in public, but in private he was a tortured soul. I lived within a few miles of him over the last 40 years and probably saw him a dozen or so times just around town and being a normal person. The first time I saw him around 1980, he was more like what you would see on TV and in movies, really crazy. Then as the years progressed he was more reserved and quiet, rarely cracking a smile but still plesant and always a gentleman. The last time I saw him about 4 years ago at a local pizza joint, he looked at me and asked if we had met because I looked familair, and I reminded him of the first time back in 1980 where my girlfriend at the time and I were tending to his bleeding and scraped up nose which he got by diving into the shallow end of a pool at his mom's condo complex where my girlfriend worked.. He remembered me and said "what the hell happened to you"? I said old age, and he chuckled. 

[Painsponge]

Loved this guy ever since the Mork and Mindy days. he was fantastic in Mrs. Doubtfire and very lovable in so many other great films. Missed by millions at least.

 

[HellTiger]

I liked him the best in Death to Smoochy.

 

Robin Williams cared about those who serve our country. Even during his more depressing days he still came out and showed it in person. He has been active with the USO for many years. It was very sad to see him go the way he did.

[EvilerCrazyman]

he will always be my hero and childhood idol, he taught me to love more than whats on the outside.