Disclaimer: I do not own Star Wars, all belongs to George Lucas
A/N: I was inspired to write this little fic for Mother's Day after reading a poem dedicated to another one of my favorite fictional mothers. This is the first time I've posted anything in awhile, so please let me know what you think. Enjoy!
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Mother Knows Best
By: ibelieveintruelove
Ode to Padmé Skywalker, the Mother
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She has longed for you for years
Ever since she was a little girl
She always knew that after the politics and dresses
The debates and bills
What she really wanted was a child of her own
A family to raise
With her true love by her side
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But childhood dreams get pushed aside
The needs of others take center stage
She always was a caring person
And her duty to her people
Becomes the reason she lives
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Until the day an old friend comes back
And completely changes her life
She knows that what she feels is wrong
Yet she can't help but wonder if maybe it's right
The discovery of you only makes her more certain
That a family of Skywalkers was meant to be
And she waits for the day impatiently
When her family will be complete
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But things begin to change
Dark shadows take form
The things she believed in
The people she trusted
Are no longer the people she thought they were
Her Republic is crumbling
Her husband is falling
And she does not know how to stop it
But through it all she promises you
That she will do everything in her power
To never let this harm you
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She watches the Jedi Temple burn
And she cries as her husband leaves her
She wants only to save her childhood dream
She is ready to abandon all else
If only she can save her family
So she follows your father to a terrible place
Praying that what she has heard isn't true
Her heart breaks when she realizes she is too late
There is nothing she can do
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She fears the anger in his eyes
And cries for love to enter his heart
She gasps as he takes her breath away
And her first thought is of you
That blonde little boy she might never see
Or her brown-haired beauty who might never come to be
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When she wakes it is bright
Painfully so
And the man standing above her is not your father
Not her husband
She remembers why her chest is filled with pain
And all she can think of is you
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She feels you pushing against her and cries out in pain
She wants to meet you so badly
But wishes she could keep you safe
This is not the world she wanted you to meet
Not the galaxy she tried so hard to give you
She no longer knows if she can keep you safe
She will not risk your lives for anyone
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She hears another cry accompany her own
And lays her eyes on a beautiful baby boy
Luke – a bright light in a galaxy too dark
And her heart skips a beat as realizes there is more
Leia – a girl to love the galaxy as much as herself
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She gazes on your faces
And her heart breaks again
Because now she knows what she must do
She must leave you behind
She has to let you go
Because she knows if she keeps you
He will find her, and he will find you
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And so, the new mother makes the ultimate sacrifice
She gives up herself to save her children's lives
She sends you her love and has faith in you both
She knows you will accomplish
What was impossible for her to do
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Before she allows the Force to take her
She gives each of you a gift
To Leia, an image of beauty and sadness
To remind her of the price you pay
When you lose something you love
To Luke, an everlasting well of hope
Because no matter how lost he seems
No matter how dark he has become
No matter how hopeless the task appears
The one thing she knows
Above all other things
Is that "there is still good in him…"
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Because after all… Mother knows best
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