The heavens open
To beauty and life
I read through the pages
Living vicariously through their experiences

Everything is happy
I forget my own turmoil

So much unnecessary blood
So much pain
I read faster and faster
Will they survive?

The faster I read
The more my adrenaline pumps
I can't handle the suspense anymore!

A warning from the author
"These next chapters contain death
End here and your heart will be satisfied"

A moment of hesitation
Do I read further or heed the warning?

I continue on
Knowing full well that my heart
My already broken heart
From seeing countless deaths through
My favorite characters
I continue on
As if I've never known pain

I was wrong

Tears fall down my face
Blurring the words
Making me read faster
Which in turn makes my heart shatter
So much quicker

Please no
Please no
Have mercy on them
Have mercy on me!
They deserve so much more
Please no!
Let them live
Please dear author
You're killing me too!

"My eyes close
And I know his eyes are closing too"

Dying in each others arms
Sacrificing themselves yet again

What would I do in their position?

It shattered my heart
But I'd do the exact same
Maybe that's why my heart stopped
It stopped when I read the last sentence

I did not heed the authors warnings
I wanted to read it as intended
I didn't know that alike this couple
My soul was tethered to theirs

Now in a mess
I cry at the end of my bed
I realized that when I die
I have to be next to my lover
Like her, I couldn't live
Without my soulmate

"The End"