I remember the day,
I first saw him.
I was quite young,
But he gave me a grin.
He faught a villian,
All knew the plot.
And as the movie ended,
I wondered about him alot.
A plate of spaghetti,
In one hand was my fork.
I turned the TV to Happy Days,
And then I saw Mork.
An alien he called himself,
From far away in space.
Living with a lovely woman,
In her small apartment place.
He later did 52 voices,
In a cartoon with a big blue guy.
He would grant any wish,
If the young boy would try.
He loved the stage,
His wife and children the same.
He was multi-talented,
His life was never plain.
Acting alongside Matt Damon,
And even a foreign radio host.
He was trapped in a jungle,
Van Pelt he feared most.
Played as a professor,
Of literature and song.
Even played as a robot,
Wanting to be human so strong.
I remember once,
Back when I was a rocker.
He played a man with my last name,
Who later became a great doctor.
And he played another doctor,
Invented a new gel.
And it came to life,
Everyone knew it well.
I was taken to the movies,
To see a film straight off the wire.
It was a funny film,
Called Mrs. Doubtfire.
Stand-up and Stand-ins,
He did them all alike.
I rushed out to see them,
Or to hear him on the mic.
He played as a young boy,
Who was quickly growing old.
And a touching movie with Nathan Lane,
The tickets always sold.
Once played a man named Garp,
And played the strong-arm Popeye.
He starred in a movie as Rainbow Randolph,
Can’t remember a movie he ever died.
But he is dead,
And it breaks my heart to know it’s true.
Remembering the many times I’ve seen him,
And the blooper reels with his crew.
I had always wanted to meet him,
So my life wouldn’t be so lame.
I could say, “I met a Legend today,
Robin McLauran Williams was his name.”
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Aristides S. Adams
Legend