Whitney Huston (In Memorial) Rip Poem by Luke Easter

In the late 1980's at what is now Home Depot,

We saw Whitney Huston at the old Front Row,

She opened for Jeffery Osborne, imagine that,

5 standing ovations, we kept calling her back.



This is when albums ruled the charts, not CD's,

Didn't matter as she topped those too, you see,

She was a skinny little kid all of nineteen years,

Sang with the voice of an angel & crystal clear.



However, not so clear was the road she would take,

Tempting her God given gift with one big mistake,

Becoming 'Unequally Yoked' the demon of drugs,

Through the, 'Bad Boy' of entertainment's #1 thug.



Was Whitney really done in by one Bobby Brown?

She'd still be alive if she chose, 'Bozo The Clown, '

Maybe not as serious but surely alive & very funny,

Her fortune wasted in the circus or as drug money?



No! Ringling Bros did not bring Whitney Huston down,

Barnum & Bailey did not run her career into the ground,

Neither would cheerfulness make her the talk about town,

None of the above had destroyed this diva's unique sound.



Marriage that should never have been, too late the divorce,

Record sales plummeted, her voice now raspy and hoarse,

Once famous singer booed off stage on her comeback tour,

Too bad it's a movie as she needed a, 'Bodyguard' for sure.



Being in & out of treatment programs to aid in her recovery,

Her body found lifeless in a hotel room is no real discovery,

Many bodies found unresponsive are Iconic pop music stars,

Less time spent at home with more time in strip joints or bars.


Janis Joplin, Jimmy Hendrix & Jim Morrison of The Doors,

Whitney's neither the first or last, why is there always more?

How come so many of the gifted desire to tumultuously live,

Destructive paths designed to destroy gifts only God can give.


Okay, what will the final verdict be, in the actual cause of death?

Might it be nature running its course in a fallen star's last breath?

Surely a moot point at this final stage in a once illustrious career,

(02/11/12) Whitney, please tell us where did it go wrong my dear?