I gathered that it was open for interpretation. If asked, I'd say yeah, Clark likely died, but if you wanna go the other way, you could say that the story is unfinished and somehow he gets saved.
But I don't think so. And I think it was written beautifully this way. This was just so well written. Sad, but not melodramatic. Right from Clark's perspective and I love the bits about Lois taking his breath away when she'd been "just Lois" and he was "just Clark"...when both their "costumes" were stripped away-her professionalism and his "secret" and they were left with just each other.
Just a perfect story Dave!
