The autumn sun catches on the golden282Please respect copyright.PENANAZZXeZTOiro
strands of her hair, and my heart282Please respect copyright.PENANAYdcWvEVvYa
breaks a little bit.
She looks at me, eyes the color282Please respect copyright.PENANAo8R2SamspU
of summer foliage, and I break282Please respect copyright.PENANARVZu4HPmEZ
even more.
I can feel her touch, like ice282Please respect copyright.PENANAbSw4O5Uz46
on my arm, and I try to regain282Please respect copyright.PENANA88yyf29yWb
control of my breathing.
Sorrow stains her face, like rain, as she lifts282Please respect copyright.PENANATizdCD6gXJ
her mouth towards me, placing a kiss282Please respect copyright.PENANAwslHmnKvbO
softly on my cheek.
"I'm sorry," she says. "All I want282Please respect copyright.PENANALiu4eFcZXc
is one more day." She always tells282Please respect copyright.PENANA8YUIoYUwjv
me this. Just one more day.
But time has never been in our favor,282Please respect copyright.PENANAYJhcq035Hg
and yet we find ourselves 282Please respect copyright.PENANA4LpNN5a3VD
trying to evade the inevitable.
"Just one more day."
The autumn leaves fall around us,282Please respect copyright.PENANAQqVrAK3INa
a rainfall of colors, red, orange,282Please respect copyright.PENANALHmZtYJDJp
yellow. I inhale slowly.
Her breath ghosts across my neck --282Please respect copyright.PENANAAAiyoMe0pT
"just one more day" -- and I wonder282Please respect copyright.PENANAr7M6FkcoS9
why it has to be this way.
I cautiously touch her cheek -- her skin282Please respect copyright.PENANAAXL1BueIfG
is colder than death -- and I wonder282Please respect copyright.PENANAbBBt1PG9NT
why we can’t have forever.
One more day isn’t enough any more,282Please respect copyright.PENANAUptMkMsr4O
but I know time has finally 282Please respect copyright.PENANApiu8m5EMV4
caught up with us.
She smiles, just a wisp of her lips,282Please respect copyright.PENANAVhoTNTi7ki
and we lay down in the heap282Please respect copyright.PENANAPBCuwM3pQe
of colorful autumn foliage.
“Let’s be together again some day,”282Please respect copyright.PENANAoSOgpxrrpk
she tells me, and I die just a little282Please respect copyright.PENANA84tqWl4QcF
more inside.
“Promise me,” she says. “that you’ll love282Please respect copyright.PENANAARpMPWLwRD
me even when I’m gone.” I tell her that, 282Please respect copyright.PENANAwOE2FMfY1t
of course, I’ll always love her.
From now until forever.282Please respect copyright.PENANAdK680Ak0t7
Forevermore.