The autumn sun catches on the golden272Please respect copyright.PENANAcjsxFEWTA9
strands of her hair, and my heart272Please respect copyright.PENANA8KBwhaJcbx
breaks a little bit.
She looks at me, eyes the color272Please respect copyright.PENANA5aug7AAYAO
of summer foliage, and I break272Please respect copyright.PENANAafniSY28CP
even more.
I can feel her touch, like ice272Please respect copyright.PENANApUDHx6uzb1
on my arm, and I try to regain272Please respect copyright.PENANAw00WlmhJiB
control of my breathing.
Sorrow stains her face, like rain, as she lifts272Please respect copyright.PENANAZyfoJcTgfE
her mouth towards me, placing a kiss272Please respect copyright.PENANAuzKK8Vk1VX
softly on my cheek.
"I'm sorry," she says. "All I want272Please respect copyright.PENANA2mUwdZA77O
is one more day." She always tells272Please respect copyright.PENANA2OLci4J0JV
me this. Just one more day.
But time has never been in our favor,272Please respect copyright.PENANAC8SU7u20OB
and yet we find ourselves 272Please respect copyright.PENANAt7rUq1EOmx
trying to evade the inevitable.
"Just one more day."
The autumn leaves fall around us,272Please respect copyright.PENANAT12Mnmixno
a rainfall of colors, red, orange,272Please respect copyright.PENANAAlEBTnDlgC
yellow. I inhale slowly.
Her breath ghosts across my neck --272Please respect copyright.PENANAaUpVZ7QhwK
"just one more day" -- and I wonder272Please respect copyright.PENANACT0Gf2lYLC
why it has to be this way.
I cautiously touch her cheek -- her skin272Please respect copyright.PENANATdgqQQUDSX
is colder than death -- and I wonder272Please respect copyright.PENANAS5F40udSEV
why we can’t have forever.
One more day isn’t enough any more,272Please respect copyright.PENANAol5jRengCe
but I know time has finally 272Please respect copyright.PENANAy9mKIeh0eJ
caught up with us.
She smiles, just a wisp of her lips,272Please respect copyright.PENANAqvRGKRht8k
and we lay down in the heap272Please respect copyright.PENANAJBH1dTurOh
of colorful autumn foliage.
“Let’s be together again some day,”272Please respect copyright.PENANALh0hWzOmMY
she tells me, and I die just a little272Please respect copyright.PENANA0xqMx0acVS
more inside.
“Promise me,” she says. “that you’ll love272Please respect copyright.PENANAm7FrcGA1zT
me even when I’m gone.” I tell her that, 272Please respect copyright.PENANAYBdYEPxy2H
of course, I’ll always love her.
From now until forever.272Please respect copyright.PENANAnETdmmWmT2
Forevermore.