"I have terrible news, and I'll tell you forthwith:
Ani's joined the Dark Side and become a Sith."
Obi Wan was wrong; he didn't have a clue.
"No!," I shouted. "It couldn't be true!"

Once Obi Wan presented me with the bad news
I decided that I had no time to lose.
I tracked down my husband on Mustafar.
I don't like the atmosphere where we are.

The air's thickly laden with ash and with steam.
I can't be sure, but to me it would seem
That breathing in air which is thusly defiled
Would be harmful to me and worse for my child.

I ran to my husband and gave him a hug,
And found his expression unusually smug.
"Obi Wan's told me terrible things:
You turned to the Dark Side and slaughtered younglings."

"I need you to understand why I deflected.
It was only to keep you safe and protected."
"Anakin, all I want is your love,
but you're taking a path I never dreamt of.

"If you stop now, I'm hoping that maybe
we'll go to Naboo to raise our baby.
Everything else will be left in the past.
We'll live happily ever after at last."

"Hiding our marriage was a tedious chore.
But we don't have to run or hide anymore.
The Chancellor I can overthrow.
I'm more powerful than he is, don't you know?

"Then together we can rule the galaxy
And make things the way we want them to be."
These mutinous words made me feel sick
'Cuz my husband was talking like a lunatic.

His rebellious attitude was hard for me to swallow.
He was going down a path where I just couldn't follow.
As quick as that, we became estranged.
"Obi Wan was right," I said. "You've changed."

Speaking of Obi Wan, he suddenly appeared
And Anakin grew angry, just as I feared.
"I didn't even know he was there," I denied.
"You brought him here to kill me!," he replied.

And right in the midst of my protestation,
He force-grabbed my neck, to my consternation.
He shamelessly choked me without restraint,
and I fell to the floor in a near-dead faint.

The next thing I remember, I was giving birth.
For most women, two wonderful kids would be worth
living for, but in my situation,
my babies failed to bring me that exhilaration.

My husband is a Sith; I have no will to live.
As my final gesture I'm determined to give
Obi Wan this message before I die:
"There's still some good left in my guy."

Very truly yours,
-Padme Amidala