Don't own Star Wars (sob sob), wish I did. Excuse me Mr. Lucas, may I borrow the Obi-Wan and Anakin toys for a little bit? I can? Thanks! I promise to put them back when I'm done, no worse for the wear! Well, the Obi-doll may be a little tear-stained, but he'll dry out, especially after a good twenty years on a desert planet.
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If Only
If only I had seen it,
The fierce light in his eyes,
The feral grin in his smile,
The cold grace as he sliced through enemies,
And the distrust in his heart.
If only I had known
To not show him a heart cold as stone,
But to give him my love as a father, a brother.
If only I had seen
The tangled web the Sith had woven
Around my son, my brother.
I might have been able to cut through
To the heart of his fears
And spirited it away,
As I did to the nightmares of his youth.
If only I had seen past my confidence,
No, my arrogance,
My certainty that he would come to me with any problem.
If only we hadn't gotten off to a rocky start.
If only he had listened to my cries during our battle among the lava.
If only he hadn't succumbed to the Dark Side,
He would be by my side
At the Temple he burned
And painted with the blood of his friends.
If only I had been able to save my best friend.