The autumn sun catches on the golden545Please respect copyright.PENANAFCiPMskWxD
strands of her hair, and my heart545Please respect copyright.PENANABiWnl6ehWq
breaks a little bit.
She looks at me, eyes the color545Please respect copyright.PENANA1H7kDEw0jH
of summer foliage, and I break545Please respect copyright.PENANAcEF0QUt8wI
even more.
I can feel her touch, like ice545Please respect copyright.PENANAGEW3kushM7
on my arm, and I try to regain545Please respect copyright.PENANATTtjo7SbFz
control of my breathing.
Sorrow stains her face, like rain, as she lifts545Please respect copyright.PENANApOORDZHHBM
her mouth towards me, placing a kiss545Please respect copyright.PENANAqnFBXWD51N
softly on my cheek.
"I'm sorry," she says. "All I want545Please respect copyright.PENANAsd2UJkUY1R
is one more day." She always tells545Please respect copyright.PENANAIELpcDPTTu
me this. Just one more day.
But time has never been in our favor,545Please respect copyright.PENANAwBAhWfxYEH
and yet we find ourselves 545Please respect copyright.PENANA7vVvh84nMf
trying to evade the inevitable.
"Just one more day."
The autumn leaves fall around us,545Please respect copyright.PENANAcKrV1Bpook
a rainfall of colors, red, orange,545Please respect copyright.PENANAH1oEp1f5ou
yellow. I inhale slowly.
Her breath ghosts across my neck --545Please respect copyright.PENANAkyamay1JqJ
"just one more day" -- and I wonder545Please respect copyright.PENANAJbizC9Qmw7
why it has to be this way.
I cautiously touch her cheek -- her skin545Please respect copyright.PENANASFR5zYDCvk
is colder than death -- and I wonder545Please respect copyright.PENANAcAuw1B88vp
why we can’t have forever.
One more day isn’t enough any more,545Please respect copyright.PENANADSm14Vctoy
but I know time has finally 545Please respect copyright.PENANAvRqTmJo6Rq
caught up with us.
She smiles, just a wisp of her lips,545Please respect copyright.PENANAdwcl4vYmmJ
and we lay down in the heap545Please respect copyright.PENANAKGnpgvHgH5
of colorful autumn foliage.
“Let’s be together again some day,”545Please respect copyright.PENANAWvGAuMrVBB
she tells me, and I die just a little545Please respect copyright.PENANABXBqA938v5
more inside.
“Promise me,” she says. “that you’ll love545Please respect copyright.PENANAFo3GZrfE7V
me even when I’m gone.” I tell her that, 545Please respect copyright.PENANAxhVRvfxQGQ
of course, I’ll always love her.
From now until forever.545Please respect copyright.PENANAGjieKrczc9
Forevermore.


