Writer’s Block Tango

By Ceciley Noel

I meet you in the trenches

After judgement has been passed

I need to know the value

Of the roll where I’ve been cast

You ask me what I bring

And my spine begins to shiver

I’m the hands that held the flame

I’m the heart of the giver

I ask to share your warmth

Of the fire I gave freely

I don’t need a famous myth

I only wish for you to see me

But your eyes just slip away

To the next shiny thing delivered

I’m just a shot in the dark

Another arrow in your quiver

You don’t see I bring the light

You don’t see I sculpt the clay

I built you up to high

To ever care the price I pay

And so you leave me to my fate

Where my bones are left to wither

And you enjoy my warmth

We see in Zuko’s flashback in “Zuko Alone” that Azula is already manipulative, vicious, jealous, and deceptive. Azula was already talking to their mom about Ozai supplanting Iroh and Iroh “not making it back from war”. At that point Zuko asks how Azula would feel if Iroh’s son Lu Ten wanted their dad dead. I feel like this set the wheels turning for Azula, and she, always scheming and always trying to be first in the eyes of her father, goes to Ozai and either recommends having Iroh killed or formulates the plan to assassinate Lu Ten taking both Iroh and his heir off the board. Ozai would only be too proud of that kind of thinking and assist in any way possible.

Me (driving at night with astigmatism):

And one day it will be our time

Weary legs and winding roads finally meeting

Finally drifting to a soft place

Solid ground

A place for us to make our own

To make our forever

To begin that great infinite knowing

And you will rest your feet

And I will rest my head

And we will crawl to each other if needs must

Eyes grasping eyes

Hands grasping hands

A frenzied chaos of yearning finally drawing to its source

Bodies twisted around bodies

Galaxies twisted up in galaxies

Collapsing, crashing, lost in a sea of stars

And the heavens will be torn open

And the sky will bleed her light

And the last breath of loneliness will be broken

And the world will be rebuilt

No longer yours

No longer mine

Ours, forever ours

So lay me down so gently

Fall into me like the softness of rain

Soak me in your tender sweetness

And where we touch flowers will grow

Sweet intoxicating glory

And the night creatures will sing of us to the stars above

Credit below to the post that made me think about this!

The Original Trilogy’s Jedi Boyfriend: Luke Skywalker the man who saw the good in a mostly evil person and fought tooth and nail to redeem that goodness. The man who chose to put down his weapon in the presence of his greatest enemies because peace was the only option he could accept. The man who loved and trusted his friends and learned selfless un-possessive love.

The Prequel’s Jedi Boyfriend: Anakin Skywalker the man who had everything and lost it. The man who was meant to be the hero who saved the galaxy but gave in to jealousy, rage, and greed. The man who could not walk away from an insult or a fight. The man who could not set aside ambition for the people he loved. The man who could not love selflessly. The man who sided with a liar and murderer and turned against everything he believed in because he thought he was strong enough to overcome the power of darkness even while giving himself over to it.