The autumn sun catches on the golden581Please respect copyright.PENANAxpmFwQTTMR
strands of her hair, and my heart581Please respect copyright.PENANAyjb057BYHC
breaks a little bit.
She looks at me, eyes the color581Please respect copyright.PENANAGKBaA9QgOw
of summer foliage, and I break581Please respect copyright.PENANAEVcF5RaxWY
even more.
I can feel her touch, like ice581Please respect copyright.PENANAHhELlNmUqm
on my arm, and I try to regain581Please respect copyright.PENANANbvCFynRZH
control of my breathing.
Sorrow stains her face, like rain, as she lifts581Please respect copyright.PENANAyW0OsJGydn
her mouth towards me, placing a kiss581Please respect copyright.PENANASLzOHVxQ7o
softly on my cheek.
"I'm sorry," she says. "All I want581Please respect copyright.PENANAo9EgEmAc5a
is one more day." She always tells581Please respect copyright.PENANAxOQdVMQT4z
me this. Just one more day.
But time has never been in our favor,581Please respect copyright.PENANAe4VOCWvbT1
and yet we find ourselves 581Please respect copyright.PENANA7IE5BZMAfD
trying to evade the inevitable.
"Just one more day."
The autumn leaves fall around us,581Please respect copyright.PENANAxuGL42oBrg
a rainfall of colors, red, orange,581Please respect copyright.PENANAkhTeiZJ8Ky
yellow. I inhale slowly.
Her breath ghosts across my neck --581Please respect copyright.PENANATldGye4wM0
"just one more day" -- and I wonder581Please respect copyright.PENANAXfjzUUROrN
why it has to be this way.
I cautiously touch her cheek -- her skin581Please respect copyright.PENANAVwI7ZUwE8M
is colder than death -- and I wonder581Please respect copyright.PENANAF8Oaai6cuH
why we can’t have forever.
One more day isn’t enough any more,581Please respect copyright.PENANAQ87j48M4D5
but I know time has finally 581Please respect copyright.PENANAG8vWq4UwpF
caught up with us.
She smiles, just a wisp of her lips,581Please respect copyright.PENANAKqb7s4DuFh
and we lay down in the heap581Please respect copyright.PENANAnlWc6KplHE
of colorful autumn foliage.
“Let’s be together again some day,”581Please respect copyright.PENANARvjDYTLeN7
she tells me, and I die just a little581Please respect copyright.PENANA4g1pi6d6LW
more inside.
“Promise me,” she says. “that you’ll love581Please respect copyright.PENANATpT0rXrN5J
me even when I’m gone.” I tell her that, 581Please respect copyright.PENANAf31po3CMt4
of course, I’ll always love her.
From now until forever.581Please respect copyright.PENANAmfZ8c4QF0h
Forevermore.


