to be continued...

as i was walking through the dead stones

i stumbled upon a thought

an urge to read all the epitaphs

these gravestones were reasonably old

and many simply had their dates established

but strange were those two gravestones

which caught me by chance

a pair of gravestones, of couples

sleeping peacefully inside the warm earth

holding hands in their graves

the inscription read thus,

"to be continued"

though creepy as it may seem

the words had an essence of union

a blissful communion

that marked mortal death's failure

and immortal love's triumph

they were resting in the earth's bed

and for they could feel was the cold stones

but in each other's company, they felt the warmth

perhaps the couple lived happily in their mortal realm

or perhaps not -

perhaps they were united in matrimony

or perhaps not -

perhaps they loved each other

or perhaps not -

perhaps i connected the dots right

or perhaps not -

well, they were 'only friends'

and that their relationship was terribly misinterpreted

the story indeed remained incomplete

and thus the words,

"to be continued"