The autumn sun catches on the golden337Please respect copyright.PENANAvPCMDUI5Um
strands of her hair, and my heart337Please respect copyright.PENANANBR4sXfpLu
breaks a little bit.
She looks at me, eyes the color337Please respect copyright.PENANAaH0lLNKtai
of summer foliage, and I break337Please respect copyright.PENANAxOE1oAOLhT
even more.
I can feel her touch, like ice337Please respect copyright.PENANAqobeIalZIK
on my arm, and I try to regain337Please respect copyright.PENANAi2Jdp22WTI
control of my breathing.
Sorrow stains her face, like rain, as she lifts337Please respect copyright.PENANAvxnLZCiYeA
her mouth towards me, placing a kiss337Please respect copyright.PENANAlJhvnuVdpp
softly on my cheek.
"I'm sorry," she says. "All I want337Please respect copyright.PENANADE8BCM6zF1
is one more day." She always tells337Please respect copyright.PENANA3L7Pl9Ih9P
me this. Just one more day.
But time has never been in our favor,337Please respect copyright.PENANAgG3nEogxyn
and yet we find ourselves 337Please respect copyright.PENANA4839ITbypa
trying to evade the inevitable.
"Just one more day."
The autumn leaves fall around us,337Please respect copyright.PENANADjXi4iaIAH
a rainfall of colors, red, orange,337Please respect copyright.PENANAyxR5wR8vbV
yellow. I inhale slowly.
Her breath ghosts across my neck --337Please respect copyright.PENANA0YnCaHAaLB
"just one more day" -- and I wonder337Please respect copyright.PENANA2dfftvHmY8
why it has to be this way.
I cautiously touch her cheek -- her skin337Please respect copyright.PENANAYAMxj7ekz6
is colder than death -- and I wonder337Please respect copyright.PENANAj7y5N8rym0
why we can’t have forever.
One more day isn’t enough any more,337Please respect copyright.PENANARNnvC19D3D
but I know time has finally 337Please respect copyright.PENANA0PPlvKnXkw
caught up with us.
She smiles, just a wisp of her lips,337Please respect copyright.PENANAb8CkLJXbXi
and we lay down in the heap337Please respect copyright.PENANAqEAa6tdeAM
of colorful autumn foliage.
“Let’s be together again some day,”337Please respect copyright.PENANAxH7LlkgmNm
she tells me, and I die just a little337Please respect copyright.PENANA0lTattIQW0
more inside.
“Promise me,” she says. “that you’ll love337Please respect copyright.PENANAAB3zF8BHK7
me even when I’m gone.” I tell her that, 337Please respect copyright.PENANAyIdksiknBX
of course, I’ll always love her.
From now until forever.337Please respect copyright.PENANAKfoq0QEfML
Forevermore.