The autumn sun catches on the golden367Please respect copyright.PENANAvTUibDCp69
strands of her hair, and my heart367Please respect copyright.PENANA0WghBB8eoF
breaks a little bit.
She looks at me, eyes the color367Please respect copyright.PENANAPrqJC8RSBq
of summer foliage, and I break367Please respect copyright.PENANAY5ClUZUF2b
even more.
I can feel her touch, like ice367Please respect copyright.PENANA4n7w1X44vs
on my arm, and I try to regain367Please respect copyright.PENANAt5xfMKPClC
control of my breathing.
Sorrow stains her face, like rain, as she lifts367Please respect copyright.PENANAfvlpQNCmUE
her mouth towards me, placing a kiss367Please respect copyright.PENANAtXd4tVlBmd
softly on my cheek.
"I'm sorry," she says. "All I want367Please respect copyright.PENANA7EfEmH4zQi
is one more day." She always tells367Please respect copyright.PENANAobPVkZ7qZo
me this. Just one more day.
But time has never been in our favor,367Please respect copyright.PENANAtzCUiABk7K
and yet we find ourselves 367Please respect copyright.PENANAr2hV25WEXJ
trying to evade the inevitable.
"Just one more day."
The autumn leaves fall around us,367Please respect copyright.PENANAjrywta5jAY
a rainfall of colors, red, orange,367Please respect copyright.PENANA4HBeDGWXmP
yellow. I inhale slowly.
Her breath ghosts across my neck --367Please respect copyright.PENANAvp9b5kkcPb
"just one more day" -- and I wonder367Please respect copyright.PENANAdRP5fxtHEe
why it has to be this way.
I cautiously touch her cheek -- her skin367Please respect copyright.PENANA9RcKqI5N4j
is colder than death -- and I wonder367Please respect copyright.PENANAgqKCjBm9fs
why we can’t have forever.
One more day isn’t enough any more,367Please respect copyright.PENANAnbloB4YS3w
but I know time has finally 367Please respect copyright.PENANAe1xXY6cwF0
caught up with us.
She smiles, just a wisp of her lips,367Please respect copyright.PENANAOZiuOR63D3
and we lay down in the heap367Please respect copyright.PENANAUXq9AyOWt2
of colorful autumn foliage.
“Let’s be together again some day,”367Please respect copyright.PENANAXl1koqUXIM
she tells me, and I die just a little367Please respect copyright.PENANAIs6s4usjQP
more inside.
“Promise me,” she says. “that you’ll love367Please respect copyright.PENANAipYhSfTaaX
me even when I’m gone.” I tell her that, 367Please respect copyright.PENANA99CBEkxk9v
of course, I’ll always love her.
From now until forever.367Please respect copyright.PENANAv9DfgSeOfi
Forevermore.