May you find the peace you so desperately sought.
You tried so valiantly to win the war you fought.
You did not lose, no sir, no, not at all.
But sometimes even the mighty will fall.
Your efforts in battle were not at all in vain.
We must find solace; as you've silenced your pain.
A soul that made us love and laugh - truly one of a kind.
But sadly, humor is merely the mask of a tortured mind.
I wrote this as part tribute to a man I thought brilliant, but part selfishly. When I am in my darker hours, I think, "Robin Williams, THE Robin Williams, couldn't do it either"....it's not about loved ones, or money, or fame - it's about the battle, our fight - I am not weak with my thoughts, nor am I alone. I fight. I fight for all of us "Robins", we can overcome, and if we don't, it is not a failure, it is a quieting of our souls.