AU only in the sense Luke was killed by the Emperor because Vader intervened a little too late. There isn't much else to say. Review if you like.
You Were Supposed To Be My Salvation
A father should never have to watch his son die
least of all due to his own foolishness
You were my last thread of hope
the last connection to humanity that I once bathed readily in
You were your mother's son
of that there is no denying
Though different hues your eyes were the same
kind and trusting
full of love
perceptive and brimming with wisdom
yet utterly blind all the same
I try to clean the memories of you away
I tell myself this is better than to remember
but instead I washed away even more of your mother
I can't remember her laugh
the way she danced
the tentative joy in her face when she announced she was pregnant with you and your sister
The woman dressed in a blue night gown is now nothing more than a blur
Nobody is left
not your mother
not you
not your sister
not even my cruel Master is here to torment me
I'm alone
after your death your sister
who is too much like me for my own liking
disappeared with that smuggler of hers
far away from where my powers could reach her
My daughter has vanished
Your mother has long been laid to rest
and you left me as well
Gone is my new hope of salvation
and all alone I will rule my empire of dirt
Until death
it can't come soon enough
The End
Continuum will be posted soon. Please be on the look out for the poetry piece entitled 'Because of Me'