The autumn sun catches on the golden368Please respect copyright.PENANApn5mSAF1bX
strands of her hair, and my heart368Please respect copyright.PENANAzFtZAkgjCz
breaks a little bit.
She looks at me, eyes the color368Please respect copyright.PENANADoK7qslBPb
of summer foliage, and I break368Please respect copyright.PENANAODWbJjetNP
even more.
I can feel her touch, like ice368Please respect copyright.PENANA6pquUopLim
on my arm, and I try to regain368Please respect copyright.PENANAt0CBXaX5Su
control of my breathing.
Sorrow stains her face, like rain, as she lifts368Please respect copyright.PENANActQSPHhpjl
her mouth towards me, placing a kiss368Please respect copyright.PENANAjRX0jHvyIe
softly on my cheek.
"I'm sorry," she says. "All I want368Please respect copyright.PENANAcJ4IUcALYr
is one more day." She always tells368Please respect copyright.PENANAZX433zxH5g
me this. Just one more day.
But time has never been in our favor,368Please respect copyright.PENANACCrYUOgnIl
and yet we find ourselves 368Please respect copyright.PENANAZagibxxCek
trying to evade the inevitable.
"Just one more day."
The autumn leaves fall around us,368Please respect copyright.PENANAC4oilJOKSw
a rainfall of colors, red, orange,368Please respect copyright.PENANAjCXUskuVzs
yellow. I inhale slowly.
Her breath ghosts across my neck --368Please respect copyright.PENANAE7H1BCnASh
"just one more day" -- and I wonder368Please respect copyright.PENANAhtMllmmiga
why it has to be this way.
I cautiously touch her cheek -- her skin368Please respect copyright.PENANAv3EyaW5xM2
is colder than death -- and I wonder368Please respect copyright.PENANAvBvPqMa5O2
why we can’t have forever.
One more day isn’t enough any more,368Please respect copyright.PENANA3oFt9XJUkO
but I know time has finally 368Please respect copyright.PENANAm7kR9ZZpNb
caught up with us.
She smiles, just a wisp of her lips,368Please respect copyright.PENANALepIb1Or47
and we lay down in the heap368Please respect copyright.PENANAVtcCpHJilx
of colorful autumn foliage.
“Let’s be together again some day,”368Please respect copyright.PENANAOQZWxl9ooW
she tells me, and I die just a little368Please respect copyright.PENANA0eOls0FilA
more inside.
“Promise me,” she says. “that you’ll love368Please respect copyright.PENANAYM0hU5PwDG
me even when I’m gone.” I tell her that, 368Please respect copyright.PENANA840QhoZhfc
of course, I’ll always love her.
From now until forever.368Please respect copyright.PENANAkvcrpSYdHV
Forevermore.