The autumn sun catches on the golden129Please respect copyright.PENANAIc7phgnYKE
strands of her hair, and my heart129Please respect copyright.PENANA7ijxDafpdr
breaks a little bit.
She looks at me, eyes the color129Please respect copyright.PENANAOed73Yyawr
of summer foliage, and I break129Please respect copyright.PENANAjOwmSZRmKW
even more.
I can feel her touch, like ice129Please respect copyright.PENANA9lkg4fIjbe
on my arm, and I try to regain129Please respect copyright.PENANAuiVuGlaJD0
control of my breathing.
Sorrow stains her face, like rain, as she lifts129Please respect copyright.PENANAjhRNWblH9C
her mouth towards me, placing a kiss129Please respect copyright.PENANAwCVAf0ekJ6
softly on my cheek.
"I'm sorry," she says. "All I want129Please respect copyright.PENANAZr8B6iTNtH
is one more day." She always tells129Please respect copyright.PENANAWWfzSaaKHG
me this. Just one more day.
But time has never been in our favor,129Please respect copyright.PENANAC2522pjSa6
and yet we find ourselves 129Please respect copyright.PENANA3uhAqXw0kQ
trying to evade the inevitable.
"Just one more day."
The autumn leaves fall around us,129Please respect copyright.PENANAd9khHiPuZs
a rainfall of colors, red, orange,129Please respect copyright.PENANALRInX3tcSJ
yellow. I inhale slowly.
Her breath ghosts across my neck --129Please respect copyright.PENANAycd73eT0rm
"just one more day" -- and I wonder129Please respect copyright.PENANAAwyUcs7wmF
why it has to be this way.
I cautiously touch her cheek -- her skin129Please respect copyright.PENANAYpxBab5dLd
is colder than death -- and I wonder129Please respect copyright.PENANAXZGKHdWxzV
why we can’t have forever.
One more day isn’t enough any more,129Please respect copyright.PENANA9KHrf3anzH
but I know time has finally 129Please respect copyright.PENANAF78dv93pYh
caught up with us.
She smiles, just a wisp of her lips,129Please respect copyright.PENANAL51e1p6Gmc
and we lay down in the heap129Please respect copyright.PENANALxF8X20C6j
of colorful autumn foliage.
“Let’s be together again some day,”129Please respect copyright.PENANAexLHXdPWPj
she tells me, and I die just a little129Please respect copyright.PENANAUK34e8NnSK
more inside.
“Promise me,” she says. “that you’ll love129Please respect copyright.PENANAs99VJrVW1R
me even when I’m gone.” I tell her that, 129Please respect copyright.PENANAKXHSGA6tWw
of course, I’ll always love her.
From now until forever.129Please respect copyright.PENANAja2yTeoHDt
Forevermore.