From Damnation to Redemption
Note: Alright well this is my second fan-fiction and I know almost everybody has done something during Anakin/Vader's life's story but this is mine so give it a chance and reviews! Oh and also note that this, well it's kind of a poem and really long, this fic is frightfully abstract and random, but I gave it my best shot okay!
Disclaimer All of these characters belong to the awesome George Lucas and not me…
Think again…think back, remember…oh please remember
When once so young, childhood harbored in a terrifying place
But the lights of your young and bright eyes did not die
You held hope that you could give everyone you loved and knew something wonderful
You never knew any greed or selfishness…
Although your pride kept you in the denial of your fear
At the time it was but a shadow…you can't care for a shadow enough to hate it can you?
As you grew, you learned of many things
You learned you had a friend in the man who practically raised you
While everyone so reluctant he was sure
It made you smile, you wanted to impress him, to hear him laugh
He was your mentor, your friend, your brother, the father you could never have hoped to have…
Yet you missed another, your dearest friend no one compared to
Nightmares hurt your eyes and ears of cries
Cries of the soft voice calling your name in fear
Terror surged and you ran to her
Save her, save her! SAVE HER! It was the only thing you knew then
But no life can last for always and forever can it?
Then another whose soft and encouraging voice made your heart ache all over again
You lived to love her and you loved to live for her
Though deceit trampled your path, you carried it on as one
With a laugh and a sigh you knew absolutely you would be together forever
And then…somehow the idea of another life came
The fusion of you and her in one small bundle came to mind
Your heart, it leapt in overwhelming jubilance…and also dismay
For nightmare hurting your soul came once again
No, NO they would not destroy her too!
They wouldn't take her away, no…
But to find the answer
To stop the vile cruelty of losing your last precious thing
You forgot the answer
The answer you thought you could get
He gave you an answer, but that wasn't the right answer…
It took you away, Ani…in your hast to save another's life…and to prove you could be the best there was
You couldn't save your life…you proved to be weak and not the best…
You didn't save anyone; you only burned out the stars and drowned the sun
Years passed and we learnt no happiness can last forever; no light can shine everlastingly, could it?
Then a simple phrase can bring it all back, the sun can somehow shone over the peaks of tall mountains
You have a son, you have a son!
He feels guilt and shock and strangely warm
He frets the memories and the faintest dreams come back
But that's pushed back by the still carrying thoughts
Power are put into those warm thoughts the spirit you were loses again
You think still in the dark
Your burnt eyes still look behind the mask
You can't see it yet, you might not see it, yet…you may see it
Years go on; your darkened dreams still go
You must have him
He will keep you strong!
But like a happy memory in the past he evades you easily
Your mind stills deems on the dark side's ideas
And yet a heart you seemed to have lost
It's starting to unfreeze
Its numbness and hollow beating is starting to become clearer
Louder, stronger,
It's starting to sound like the child's heartbeat you once had
Then the moment comes, he gives himself into you
He feels light behind the dark armor
And he knows his father couldn't be dead forever
You again live in that denial but pride needs to die
If you turn your son or if you kill him, you know the person slowly becoming you will die out immediately
You will die forever….
You see him and hear him
Your son, you're newly found son as he screams and cries in pain
His wails sound as though he was dying and he is…
No, NO it can't end like this!
You hear him calling your name, calling for your aid
But looking at your master, the man whom saved you from a terrible demise
The one who kept you as his right hand man
You see him now with uncertainty, he's lied to you
And now he was bringing the death of your son
You look to your son again as his clothes smolder
His death will come soon, you know it
But you can't hear him now, the epiphany you should have had long ago comes forth with the speed of the blue lightening crackling out of the Emperor's hands
Not just my son…
Or Padme's son…
But my son…who loves me…
You turn to your emperor and lift him
For in that enlightened moment
The dark clad figure known as Darth Vader is no more
Your selfish thoughts leave you
And you bring back the lighted stars like they were never before
You wait for him to come and relinquish this mask
You want to see your dearest son
And when you do…
A smile glides onto your features
You tempt destiny and you think of what could have been
You could have seen those blue eyes when they were younger
You could have held him and still see this supernova of conviction
You see his sadness, but you know it won't last forever
You can close your eyes now
You can come to Obi-wan and you can stand beside him
You can be forgiven and you can see your children
You can come home…