Saga Repost/reformatting: A Voice of No Regret [Songfic/Poem: A Qui-Gon Jinn character study]

The Challenge you are responding to: 'Dialogue V Description Challenge'​

Title: A Voice of No Regret​

Author: Alexis_Wingstar​

Character: Qui-gon Jinn​

Genre: Songfic​

Timeframe: TPM​

Summary: This isn't a story so much as a character examination inspired by the lyrics of John Denver's song, Amazon Let This Be a Voice I'm reposting this because it fits in with the AU story I'm writing now http://boards.theforce.net/threads/the-bond-qui-gon-anakin-shmi-au-chapter-2-up-10-03-2012.50004130/]The[/url] Bond, and also because I changed the formatting.​

Disclaimer: Star Wars belongs to George Lucas, I'm just dancing around his sandbox.​

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There is a river that runs from the mountains​

That one river is all rivers​

All rivers are that one​

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The man closes his eyes and feels the force flow through him like a river.​

He feels at peace with it as he senses others’ lives it flowed through​

before him and after,​

and at the same time.​

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There is a tree that stands in the forest​

That one tree is all forests​

All trees are that one​

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He stands tall and confident, yet humble.​

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There is a flower that blooms in the desert​

That one blossom is all flowers​

All flowers are that one​

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He rejoices in the beauty of all life.​

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There is a bird that sings in the jungle​

That one song is all music​

All songs are that one​

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He not only hears the whisperings of the force, but heeds and serves.​

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It is the song of life​

It is the flower of faith​

It is the tree of temptation​

It is the river of no regret​

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He serves the force without regard to his needs.​

He has full faith that as he serves anything he may possibly need will be met.​

He lives in the now, without worry.​

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There is a child that cries in the ghetto​

That one child is all of our children​

All of our children are that one​

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He is drawn to a child in the desert; a child of destiny.​

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There is a vision that shines in the darkness​

That one vision is all of our dreams​

All of our dreams are that one​

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There is a prophecy; one which all his peers dream would come true.​

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It is a vision of heaven​

It is a child of promise​

It is the tree of temptation​

It is the river of no regret​

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The man, the child, and the prophecy are brought together by the force.​

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Let this be a voice for the mountains​

Let this be a voice for the river​

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The man is considered a rogue among his peers.​

They listen to another aspect of the force and seem deaf to what is now.​

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Let this be a voice for the forest​

Let this be a voice for the flowers​

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He stands before them.​

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Let this be a voice for the desert​

Let this be a voice for the ocean​

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He tries to convince them.​

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Let this be a voice for the children​

Let this be a voice for the dreamers​

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He tells them this is the child of their hopes and dreams​

Though they may agree, they do not listen to the dream.​

All they see is the danger.​

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Let this be a voice of no regret​

no regret​

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He will not turn his back on the boy.​

He will not turn his back on the dream.​

He will not be the one who holds regret for not helping the boy fulfill his destiny.​

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He serves the force. There will be no regret.​

 

Nice poem

 

Gorgeous! Bravo!

 

Beautiful.

And I love John Denver songs.

 

Lovely capturing of Qui-Gon's spirit - and artfully interwoven with the original lyrics!