The autumn sun catches on the golden306Please respect copyright.PENANAepXchaNLW0
strands of her hair, and my heart306Please respect copyright.PENANAOwK5vZA0Cl
breaks a little bit.
She looks at me, eyes the color306Please respect copyright.PENANAvAF1UNKsWk
of summer foliage, and I break306Please respect copyright.PENANA41k4TCw1OW
even more.
I can feel her touch, like ice306Please respect copyright.PENANAW34TEaJXI0
on my arm, and I try to regain306Please respect copyright.PENANADb35tIhOHw
control of my breathing.
Sorrow stains her face, like rain, as she lifts306Please respect copyright.PENANAfgCK2ApMMU
her mouth towards me, placing a kiss306Please respect copyright.PENANAklXk0Y7SGI
softly on my cheek.
"I'm sorry," she says. "All I want306Please respect copyright.PENANAUgifnpp4w1
is one more day." She always tells306Please respect copyright.PENANAKdMj7mzv9I
me this. Just one more day.
But time has never been in our favor,306Please respect copyright.PENANAodeejvuHoY
and yet we find ourselves 306Please respect copyright.PENANAymGCMRAN2p
trying to evade the inevitable.
"Just one more day."
The autumn leaves fall around us,306Please respect copyright.PENANArrrpz8DhDL
a rainfall of colors, red, orange,306Please respect copyright.PENANANpHCSn34qt
yellow. I inhale slowly.
Her breath ghosts across my neck --306Please respect copyright.PENANAR24wNwFxIx
"just one more day" -- and I wonder306Please respect copyright.PENANApxMIKY1Q00
why it has to be this way.
I cautiously touch her cheek -- her skin306Please respect copyright.PENANA2CAYNUDhlz
is colder than death -- and I wonder306Please respect copyright.PENANAv5ea7Jzh35
why we can’t have forever.
One more day isn’t enough any more,306Please respect copyright.PENANAQBWYxrgXXc
but I know time has finally 306Please respect copyright.PENANAIchKPUj1Dm
caught up with us.
She smiles, just a wisp of her lips,306Please respect copyright.PENANAGGgDVC74K5
and we lay down in the heap306Please respect copyright.PENANAIyccJYMHFC
of colorful autumn foliage.
“Let’s be together again some day,”306Please respect copyright.PENANAj40C5VUHXd
she tells me, and I die just a little306Please respect copyright.PENANAY9SMqtV4rp
more inside.
“Promise me,” she says. “that you’ll love306Please respect copyright.PENANAsOOxsLnZbQ
me even when I’m gone.” I tell her that, 306Please respect copyright.PENANAbnqsySyFog
of course, I’ll always love her.
From now until forever.306Please respect copyright.PENANA3HLxyzngbf
Forevermore.