For Robin Williams Poem by Alexander Shaumyan

'O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,
The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won'
- Walt Whitman

Our ship's arrived,
And we came in
And fought in many
Ugly ways-
Somebody said
The beast within
Will never see
The light of day.

But here we are now-
Long time gone-
With sadness
Time our laugh
Replaced-
The crowd roared
With applause-
The captain wore
A double face.

The laughter died
And no more
They'll see
Their captain
Rise again-
They've seen black
Presidents, genocide,
But they are yet
To see a man.


- August 14,2014