Passing Away

by Triskell (triskell@xpoint.at)

Summary: the most heartbreaking scene in Episode I as seen by Obi-Wan

Category: poetry, POV, Romance

Rating: PG

Series/Spoilers: none/Episode I

Archive: M/A please, my website (http://www.user.xpoint.at/e.lebic/default.htm)

Author's Note: Huge Smile and Thank You to Martina who betaed this for me. ;-) Comments and feedback are gratefully received and very much appreciated

Disclaimer: the characters in this story belong to George Lucas. No copyright infringement is intended.

Your eyes, soft and deep like autumn mornings
Glowing fresh and blue; the veils of mist just
Lifted - as you smiled at me. Your hand, a loving
Token of your trust, rests on my cheek, so tenderly -
A moment stretched out for eternity, a longing
Laden with the musk of night, approaching
Ends and dark desires.

I hold you, seek to touch your heart and find it cold,
Enamoured of a truer love than mine - an embrace
Stronger than my soul and so you go - you leave me,
Following your path to its conclusion, welcoming death
As you once welcomed me. I break, this precious
Look you only had for me - ripped away, stolen
By the treacherous dark - I let you slip away -
No strength to keep you, none to stay myself.

I carry you from your last battle, I close the
Eyes that were my light and feel the grief
That burns itself into my being, forever part of
Me now as you are - I'll fight those battles
You will never face - and live, for you.
My love.