The Final Seduction

This is for R.O.

I would have ripped out your heart in a second
If it would not rip out mine in the process.
You would have broken me in an instant
If it would not break you at the same instant.
So here we stand:
Each with the power to hurt the other
But each without the strength to do so.
We can’t go on like this.
One of us must choose.
For you are my death
And I, yours.
It is written throughout history.
Two fated against each other
And yet, inexplicably drawn to each other.
This is the final seduction.
So what shall we choose?
The pain of being together
Or the agony of being alone?