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Oh Robin

I never imagined that the funny man who made me laugh so hard,

Would one day through no fault of his own make me cry so hard.

Always one of a kind when it came to comedy he was the bard.

In life his heart was so large so giving then too he was the bard.

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With the death of Robin Williams once again the mind disease "Depression" came to the forefront. Experts reminded us that Robin Williams died from the overwhelming wave of his worsening condition and we should not consider his uncontrollable actions a suicide. This dark piece attempts to once again remind us how serious an illness depression is. When recognized we need to suspend judgment and get all hands on deck to aggressively help the stricken.

On Depression

gun- bullet-trigger-boom, done,peace from
your illness, a life clenching unbearable depression
and you know that's the way we
all die, the sick of mind, chased 
by mares night, day, blood soaked in 
cold sweats of despair with hope a
foreign word and only one choice left
gun-bullet-trigger-boom, done, peace from...



20~10~2014
Sponsor: Rick Parise
Contest Name: 8 Lines 7 Words Enjambment

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Rajat Kanti Chakrabarty

October 24, 2014 at 2:34 AM

Maurice, I know what a major depression is. I have suffered from depression. The feeling is more than deathly. I am still on Escitalopram. But yoga helps enormously. A symptom of depression is the patient's uncontrollable craving for sleeping pills, narcotics etc. Robin must have had such a symptom.

Charmaine Chircop

October 22, 2014 at 6:42 AM

Maurice..Robin Williiams was one of my favourite actors.He played his role so well.Now I know more than ever what a great actor He was,cause to live with depression and transmit so much laughter to the crowd is no joke.My dad has been suffering with depression for about thirty years.Depression is no joke ,and one never knows whats passing from a depressed mind many a times.So We must love these people and show them they are never alone.You described depression for what it is pain and more pain.

Andrea Dietrich

October 21, 2014 at 6:25 PM

wow, Maurice, I really like this one. My husband has depression coupled with anxiety and it is something he and I both have to endure. Forever. Robin had it even worse, he was bi-polar and had addictions. This looks like an entry for that one enjambment contest and yet the abuse poem also looked like one for that contest. If I am thinking right, this one I think is the better of the two.

Tim Smith

October 20, 2014 at 4:54 PM

You never know what is lying deep inside someone...well done my friend

Daver Austin

October 20, 2014 at 3:41 PM

There are many kinds of depression, but you dramatically described the worst. You always shoot from the hip, maurice. love, daver

Maurice Yvonne

October 20, 2014 at 4:43 PM

thank you daver!

Cherl Dunn

October 20, 2014 at 2:50 PM

Wow this is wonderful write of power, he was a great man and comedian, we'll all miss him, but in a very special way he left a legacy for future generations to enjoy, his movies and laughter will live on forever, Cheri

Maurice Yvonne

October 20, 2014 at 4:43 PM

Thank you Cheri!

Darlene Gifford

October 20, 2014 at 1:24 PM

Robin, was my favorite, comedian. And he is so greatly missed. Your poem reminds us how tragic suicide is, which not only takes a life, but affects the lives of all who know her or him.

Maurice Yvonne

October 20, 2014 at 4:42 PM

You are right Darlene!