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Summary: Obi-Wan's lament for Padmé, assuming she does die…

A/N: Let's see if I still got it.  Let's see if I can make this as tear-jerking and heart-wrenching as the other poems I've written.

JUST ONCE MORE

By Catz/Black Kenobi

I can hear my poor heart breaking

With every step I'm painfully taking.

As I near your lifeless body,

An uncontrollable sadness seems to take over me.

My heart is aching from inside

Now that you're no longer by my side.

Tell me what will become of me;

Will I ever move on, will I forever be lonely?

It's hard to believe that you are gone,

And even harder to think of how I'll go on.

I wish I could see your brown eyes open,

So I could look into them once again.

I wish you would take me into your arms

And assure me once more that you'll keep me safe and warm.

I wish your lips would part once more

To speak to me softly just like before.

I want to feel your lips pressed against mine,

Just one more kiss, just one last time.

I want to take you into my embrace

And feel your hear beat once more against my face.

Oh what I wouldn't give to see your smile again,

But your lips shall never again be open.

I don't know if you can see I'm about to cry,

I'm not sure if you can see the tear falling from my eye.

No more will I see you smiling

When I wake up beside you in the morning.

It's a cruel truth I cannot deny,

A harsh reality I cannot defy.

Would you wake up if I asked you to?

Would you take me and tell me what I should do?

What will happen to me now that you are gone?

Without you, who am I but no one?

I will miss you for all of my days.

I know I shall remember you always.

You'll be in my heart forever,

Where you shall never age, and stay as lovely as ever.

The End

~written 07312002-