The autumn sun catches on the golden388Please respect copyright.PENANAExUe68FI6T
strands of her hair, and my heart388Please respect copyright.PENANA33JRdehDn2
breaks a little bit.
She looks at me, eyes the color388Please respect copyright.PENANAL1uBJRqI5B
of summer foliage, and I break388Please respect copyright.PENANA3r5k17Gri0
even more.
I can feel her touch, like ice388Please respect copyright.PENANAtMLnADFQQg
on my arm, and I try to regain388Please respect copyright.PENANANAnvw37Xzs
control of my breathing.
Sorrow stains her face, like rain, as she lifts388Please respect copyright.PENANA5ExdtSdPMI
her mouth towards me, placing a kiss388Please respect copyright.PENANA2ypwwaiCXZ
softly on my cheek.
"I'm sorry," she says. "All I want388Please respect copyright.PENANAzqmOIqoxnr
is one more day." She always tells388Please respect copyright.PENANAWhs8QthJwU
me this. Just one more day.
But time has never been in our favor,388Please respect copyright.PENANA4F2zTWSoIB
and yet we find ourselves 388Please respect copyright.PENANAYWxyfmGzst
trying to evade the inevitable.
"Just one more day."
The autumn leaves fall around us,388Please respect copyright.PENANAKo4M7HmKhG
a rainfall of colors, red, orange,388Please respect copyright.PENANAGn4k1zu5Ep
yellow. I inhale slowly.
Her breath ghosts across my neck --388Please respect copyright.PENANA0flYzllz4R
"just one more day" -- and I wonder388Please respect copyright.PENANACEy01GLCdf
why it has to be this way.
I cautiously touch her cheek -- her skin388Please respect copyright.PENANABgZYgtvDBr
is colder than death -- and I wonder388Please respect copyright.PENANAQS51zS1CBM
why we can’t have forever.
One more day isn’t enough any more,388Please respect copyright.PENANAx2MilmkvCt
but I know time has finally 388Please respect copyright.PENANAH137pm3ugD
caught up with us.
She smiles, just a wisp of her lips,388Please respect copyright.PENANANmUHISRG9t
and we lay down in the heap388Please respect copyright.PENANApFWiDZd83k
of colorful autumn foliage.
“Let’s be together again some day,”388Please respect copyright.PENANAt20bJykhNm
she tells me, and I die just a little388Please respect copyright.PENANAYBq8SORLqi
more inside.
“Promise me,” she says. “that you’ll love388Please respect copyright.PENANAwGVcE2txmJ
me even when I’m gone.” I tell her that, 388Please respect copyright.PENANAJMY4vyPkEM
of course, I’ll always love her.
From now until forever.388Please respect copyright.PENANA4kH175lrET
Forevermore.