Saga Of Metal and Flesh - Anakin/Luke poem/ROTS Spoilers

Title: Of Metal and Flesh
Author: LukesTheMan
Genre: poem
Characters: Anakin and Luke Skywalker
Summary: Father and son face the same choice with different results.
Notes: Contains ROTS spoilers.



Of Metal and Flesh


I hold up hands
Of metal and flesh.
Before me a Sith Lord
Mine to condemn
Or to spare.
Two paths before me.
One illuminated, shining,
Softly beckoning.
The other shrouded
In darkness and shadow,
Calling out to me
In a siren?s voice.
My hands clench
Each a part of me.
One will triumph
One will fall.
A part of me will die
And a part of me shall live.
But which shall prove
Victorious in this battle
For my soul?
I hear the song
Ever louder,
More seductive with
Each dark note.
The light seems
Too far away to touch.
As always,
Just beyond my grasp.
Unable to reach
The light that beckons
I embrace the dark.
Feel the pull of it,
The cold touch
Skitters along my soul,
Claiming, touching, branding.
And the light is gone.
As if it never was.
I am Alone
In the dark
Just as I have always
Suspected I would be.

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I hold up hands
Of metal and flesh.
Before me a Sith Lord
Mine to condemn
Or to spare.
Two paths before me.
On one I shall walk
Beside my father
Casting my own shadow
On the galaxy we rule.
On the other
There is death.
One will die
And one will live.
But in that death
There may be hope.
Redemption?
That I cannot answer.
I can choose
My humanity
Or that which is less.
My hands clench
Reminding me
Of lessons learned
And truths forgotten.
A choice then,
Here and now.
My left hand
Is Light, but the other
Is shadowed, corrupted.
My heart will not let me
Choose my father?s darkness.
And if I die,
I will die in the Light
That once was his.
My weapon
Cast aside and
Pardon given.
A shock to feel
The light expand
And embrace us both,
Father and son.
Together at last,
Jedi and Jedi,
Sith no longer.
Redeemed by love,
Dying by design.
A sacrifice made
And a life reclaimed.
Neither of us
Truly alone
Ever again.

 

Beautiful.

 

That was truly powerful! Bravo!

 

Beautiful! I love that father and son faced the same challenge and yet their choices were so very different.

 

Oh wow that was great! Great job! Loved the paralles in the phrases!

 

That was just perfect.

 

If only Anakin would have made the same choice Luke did!

 

ThePariah Thank you.



rhonderoo The movie just hit me very hard and this is the result.



VaderLVR64 If only!



Kynstar Thank you. Funny, the whole thing started with thinking about the two of them with their hands, one metal and one flesh and then how differently they used them.



Gina Thank you.



AnakinsHeir I know!

 

Wow. that's all i can say.

though i guess i could say "impressive. most impressive."

but, too corny?

 

Beautiful! Absolutely beautiful!!