The Force lets me reach to what lies on the shore.
The body is ravaged, the mind ravaged more.
Without interference, they both will end here.
The troops of the Emperor slowly draw near.
But by the time they come they will be too late
To save Anakin from his corporal fate.
He slaughtered the Younglings, he's why Windu's dead.
So many lives gone at the nod of his head.
The Code of the Jedi does not give a clue
For situations such as this. What to do?
The life of the Chosen One is now at stake.
This Sith Lord in Mustafar's fires should bake.
But Anakin Skywalker, my Padawan?
Is he beyond hope? Is he totally gone?
The presence of Palpatine I still feel loom
But he won't be here in time to stop the doom
That's imminent. The choice is totally mine.
Can I let him die? No matter how malign
He is, what he was and what he yet can be
Are what winds up winding it all up for me.
I stretch out my hand, use the Force, heal a burn.
Then depart, knowing it is the Emperor's turn.