The autumn sun catches on the golden280Please respect copyright.PENANAhC4KvTQLrw
strands of her hair, and my heart280Please respect copyright.PENANA3528Xq6f1I
breaks a little bit.
She looks at me, eyes the color280Please respect copyright.PENANAGWJ9VXRq0O
of summer foliage, and I break280Please respect copyright.PENANAsPCnQsVOm0
even more.
I can feel her touch, like ice280Please respect copyright.PENANA2Uq7RXhnUW
on my arm, and I try to regain280Please respect copyright.PENANA3YpC2KFxPV
control of my breathing.
Sorrow stains her face, like rain, as she lifts280Please respect copyright.PENANA61fwQl4Wd8
her mouth towards me, placing a kiss280Please respect copyright.PENANAiYDO5xbrA3
softly on my cheek.
"I'm sorry," she says. "All I want280Please respect copyright.PENANAowMkh1DeI4
is one more day." She always tells280Please respect copyright.PENANAjlsx55aDGe
me this. Just one more day.
But time has never been in our favor,280Please respect copyright.PENANA4qecA5RHYY
and yet we find ourselves 280Please respect copyright.PENANAi1sgNse8LV
trying to evade the inevitable.
"Just one more day."
The autumn leaves fall around us,280Please respect copyright.PENANAp7inF9ilvj
a rainfall of colors, red, orange,280Please respect copyright.PENANAqWhePJZmhy
yellow. I inhale slowly.
Her breath ghosts across my neck --280Please respect copyright.PENANA8X4zd8c6Be
"just one more day" -- and I wonder280Please respect copyright.PENANANXoPhc7D87
why it has to be this way.
I cautiously touch her cheek -- her skin280Please respect copyright.PENANAnh1mFzc3Ss
is colder than death -- and I wonder280Please respect copyright.PENANAxBll4ebyL8
why we can’t have forever.
One more day isn’t enough any more,280Please respect copyright.PENANA5aJ8jDp5Uv
but I know time has finally 280Please respect copyright.PENANA0B9OKOjFa3
caught up with us.
She smiles, just a wisp of her lips,280Please respect copyright.PENANA1kRClQ7ld0
and we lay down in the heap280Please respect copyright.PENANAAUUUKmLr19
of colorful autumn foliage.
“Let’s be together again some day,”280Please respect copyright.PENANA5sbosfEtre
she tells me, and I die just a little280Please respect copyright.PENANAp3e3dlfp65
more inside.
“Promise me,” she says. “that you’ll love280Please respect copyright.PENANA02IScCx0P8
me even when I’m gone.” I tell her that, 280Please respect copyright.PENANAMCsDEXsxyi
of course, I’ll always love her.
From now until forever.280Please respect copyright.PENANAZU8mUnq5tb
Forevermore.