The autumn sun catches on the golden376Please respect copyright.PENANALUrQlY5h75
strands of her hair, and my heart376Please respect copyright.PENANAY4u5hR00qn
breaks a little bit.
She looks at me, eyes the color376Please respect copyright.PENANAZ0KVKY46hD
of summer foliage, and I break376Please respect copyright.PENANAxXVU8eJa3I
even more.
I can feel her touch, like ice376Please respect copyright.PENANANnMvNFeVLJ
on my arm, and I try to regain376Please respect copyright.PENANA9We5zjmIjH
control of my breathing.
Sorrow stains her face, like rain, as she lifts376Please respect copyright.PENANAn7uR5DVNqq
her mouth towards me, placing a kiss376Please respect copyright.PENANADr5PF6kZNP
softly on my cheek.
"I'm sorry," she says. "All I want376Please respect copyright.PENANA9s8vFPIcwB
is one more day." She always tells376Please respect copyright.PENANAOsWBRQB0Pe
me this. Just one more day.
But time has never been in our favor,376Please respect copyright.PENANANDUtTHvywo
and yet we find ourselves 376Please respect copyright.PENANA5vPafyFiHa
trying to evade the inevitable.
"Just one more day."
The autumn leaves fall around us,376Please respect copyright.PENANAZjtD32EyFa
a rainfall of colors, red, orange,376Please respect copyright.PENANAn1kAlJamEv
yellow. I inhale slowly.
Her breath ghosts across my neck --376Please respect copyright.PENANA56UuWdVKux
"just one more day" -- and I wonder376Please respect copyright.PENANAcjADtTNrlp
why it has to be this way.
I cautiously touch her cheek -- her skin376Please respect copyright.PENANASmyST6gMFR
is colder than death -- and I wonder376Please respect copyright.PENANAuQSkfSBQxZ
why we can’t have forever.
One more day isn’t enough any more,376Please respect copyright.PENANAirxRgD1a06
but I know time has finally 376Please respect copyright.PENANAUqZ2lVW9MU
caught up with us.
She smiles, just a wisp of her lips,376Please respect copyright.PENANASFwf2T5MsJ
and we lay down in the heap376Please respect copyright.PENANAgMkxTdN2Fc
of colorful autumn foliage.
“Let’s be together again some day,”376Please respect copyright.PENANAGOf2HaQOp2
she tells me, and I die just a little376Please respect copyright.PENANAje7ImDTutO
more inside.
“Promise me,” she says. “that you’ll love376Please respect copyright.PENANAqG0Yt25wOF
me even when I’m gone.” I tell her that, 376Please respect copyright.PENANA95E36g1Z98
of course, I’ll always love her.
From now until forever.376Please respect copyright.PENANA3uiPNuO3Dv
Forevermore.