The autumn sun catches on the golden372Please respect copyright.PENANASvvaHYNLUO
strands of her hair, and my heart372Please respect copyright.PENANADOwSWEeVa4
breaks a little bit.
She looks at me, eyes the color372Please respect copyright.PENANA5iIqWGbg4Q
of summer foliage, and I break372Please respect copyright.PENANAr09FTtdlUK
even more.
I can feel her touch, like ice372Please respect copyright.PENANARUSOde5JrS
on my arm, and I try to regain372Please respect copyright.PENANAdszujZAFdS
control of my breathing.
Sorrow stains her face, like rain, as she lifts372Please respect copyright.PENANAjvjYNT55Uy
her mouth towards me, placing a kiss372Please respect copyright.PENANAId8ECyX5Xb
softly on my cheek.
"I'm sorry," she says. "All I want372Please respect copyright.PENANASQJgVWBjmM
is one more day." She always tells372Please respect copyright.PENANAozzO74YVJk
me this. Just one more day.
But time has never been in our favor,372Please respect copyright.PENANAYr8V4ttOZM
and yet we find ourselves 372Please respect copyright.PENANAEegu5vJUYM
trying to evade the inevitable.
"Just one more day."
The autumn leaves fall around us,372Please respect copyright.PENANAjQw5g749GQ
a rainfall of colors, red, orange,372Please respect copyright.PENANAKdILkzJppV
yellow. I inhale slowly.
Her breath ghosts across my neck --372Please respect copyright.PENANATJT7VC3gHc
"just one more day" -- and I wonder372Please respect copyright.PENANAKpx7OGROsF
why it has to be this way.
I cautiously touch her cheek -- her skin372Please respect copyright.PENANAXhUe7ifITp
is colder than death -- and I wonder372Please respect copyright.PENANAUrQk6bvGOw
why we can’t have forever.
One more day isn’t enough any more,372Please respect copyright.PENANA0YxRH0bWrE
but I know time has finally 372Please respect copyright.PENANAOZ5u7baAd5
caught up with us.
She smiles, just a wisp of her lips,372Please respect copyright.PENANA8GbNOCw4Jf
and we lay down in the heap372Please respect copyright.PENANAnmKH7ITh82
of colorful autumn foliage.
“Let’s be together again some day,”372Please respect copyright.PENANAbhnXqOUdhX
she tells me, and I die just a little372Please respect copyright.PENANA4MgYyYjWD9
more inside.
“Promise me,” she says. “that you’ll love372Please respect copyright.PENANAXHJskj9O7d
me even when I’m gone.” I tell her that, 372Please respect copyright.PENANATLBHjqSto6
of course, I’ll always love her.
From now until forever.372Please respect copyright.PENANA8HLxie7CdM
Forevermore.