A Goodbye Letter to Robin Williams:
Last night I heard the news.
I kept waiting for someone to tell me it was a hoax as it so often
is. My husband even asked me to be sure
before I reposted it that it was true.
Unfortunately this time it was the truth. Today I saw the news report
that confirmed the cause of death as suicide.
On one hand, my heart breaks for you that you felt that this was your
only way out, the only relief from the immense pain you must have been feeling. On the other hand, I am truly and immensely
pissed off at you right now. Very few of
my childhood memories don’t have you in it.
From Mork and Mindy all the way to Aladdin, with Dead Poets Society and
What Dreams May Come thrown in between.
This was before a time when DVD players and fast forwarding through
commercials was possible. I waited every
week to see what mistakes you would make in this new world you had been thrown
into. Now years have gone by and the
only way to see those old clips are on Youtube and DVDs (if you can even find
them). People that were in my life then
have come and gone but those memories remain.
You were always public with your struggle with sobriety and there was
never a doubt that you would triumph over it.
You were always one of the few who felt the need to respect the
troops. There will never be another
you. You were a rare jewel, the “diamond
in the rough.” Regardless, I hope now
that you have found the peace that you were searching for in this action from
which you can’t come back from. I tried
rolling a 5 and an 8 last night. You
touched so many people with your talent.
But then again, I guess the talent only hid the pain. “No matter what people tell you, words and
ideas can change the world.” Your words and ideas did change the world, at
least for me, even if only for a little while.
Your fan,
Cherry
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