The autumn sun catches on the golden339Please respect copyright.PENANA5JeiR23Teh
strands of her hair, and my heart339Please respect copyright.PENANA23WdPOgkrC
breaks a little bit.
She looks at me, eyes the color339Please respect copyright.PENANASBX0iOTkVW
of summer foliage, and I break339Please respect copyright.PENANAXUMl5Ijf7D
even more.
I can feel her touch, like ice339Please respect copyright.PENANAzMQw3mtHCq
on my arm, and I try to regain339Please respect copyright.PENANANqKs3Oc1PA
control of my breathing.
Sorrow stains her face, like rain, as she lifts339Please respect copyright.PENANA5jHFbtB9So
her mouth towards me, placing a kiss339Please respect copyright.PENANAnP163tKkRs
softly on my cheek.
"I'm sorry," she says. "All I want339Please respect copyright.PENANAfX62vDpjsG
is one more day." She always tells339Please respect copyright.PENANAje7YaF0gOr
me this. Just one more day.
But time has never been in our favor,339Please respect copyright.PENANAJajEXMXlgZ
and yet we find ourselves 339Please respect copyright.PENANAG541i6BeTk
trying to evade the inevitable.
"Just one more day."
The autumn leaves fall around us,339Please respect copyright.PENANAbmI6RjQK7g
a rainfall of colors, red, orange,339Please respect copyright.PENANAdvSZQr02OZ
yellow. I inhale slowly.
Her breath ghosts across my neck --339Please respect copyright.PENANAEI5F5yaU0s
"just one more day" -- and I wonder339Please respect copyright.PENANA2M6FNc3dQm
why it has to be this way.
I cautiously touch her cheek -- her skin339Please respect copyright.PENANAnEjIkWhR5M
is colder than death -- and I wonder339Please respect copyright.PENANARDZtcy15XK
why we can’t have forever.
One more day isn’t enough any more,339Please respect copyright.PENANADA9LZWHEWg
but I know time has finally 339Please respect copyright.PENANAyb5hE9xRXo
caught up with us.
She smiles, just a wisp of her lips,339Please respect copyright.PENANAeLz2KEjvBA
and we lay down in the heap339Please respect copyright.PENANANRIvRQ5ucD
of colorful autumn foliage.
“Let’s be together again some day,”339Please respect copyright.PENANAb6a90UlV6x
she tells me, and I die just a little339Please respect copyright.PENANAVcoVcjgJ8h
more inside.
“Promise me,” she says. “that you’ll love339Please respect copyright.PENANApZAKhVcqBN
me even when I’m gone.” I tell her that, 339Please respect copyright.PENANA0WfT1NhULw
of course, I’ll always love her.
From now until forever.339Please respect copyright.PENANAMLkYZeWIH1
Forevermore.