Captain My Captain

By alphadog1

Tue, 12 Aug 2014
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Our Captain has sailed the old mate shakily said
He’s off to distant lands where brave men fear to tread
With no crew nor map or even a compass true
May god’s hard hand simply guide him through?
Or has he gone to where the shades ring blue? 
And the world seems just a little darker here today
The laughter’s gone but the old cracked lines simply stay
Yet, I bet that there are butterflies on the wing in heaven
For in their beating wings a spirit never can deaden.
And in their heartbeat, tears of joy fill the skies,
Amid the howling pain of human screaming cries.
For a rainbow arched a curve, and in its light,
A dove is seen to float upon its wayward flight.
For the captain made us laugh and made us cry.
He pointed to us all and shouted do or die!
So on the table I take my place and with bold voice proudly proclaim:
My captain My captain! 
I stand by you this day!

For Robin
© adh2014 

Certificate 12
Poem

Comments

Submitted by celticman on

yeh, he seemed to have a bubbling restless energy that energised and entertained. What do we know of another man's show?

 

Submitted by alphadog1 on

We know little.  In the end he was a complex man, who inspired me. This though weak is my personal tribute. In many ways he put me on the path to poetry, I ended up spending two days in a library reading Byron after watching the Dead Poets Society. I am watching the Fisher King now.  In the end he was stuffed by two excessive divorce suits who demanded 30 million a piece.
Now there are people out there saying the cruellest of things. But I know about alcoholism, and I know about depression, I know the struggles and the pain of it. He helped me face this with humour. 
I was afan from the earliest days of his career, I followed his work: some of it was utter shit, but the stand up was always near perfect. The register, the use of language, all given flawlessly. Its hard to explain that clearly. 
Robin -for me- was a light. This is a poor tribute. Perhaps even cliche But its words are honest. I mean them. 

 

Submitted by alphadog1 on

Punctuation is not my thing. 
Im dyslexic garmmar is some sort of  alien device  that ruins words But this needed some