The autumn sun catches on the golden127Please respect copyright.PENANAj6eglIdwON
strands of her hair, and my heart127Please respect copyright.PENANAThBMLO6DX5
breaks a little bit.
She looks at me, eyes the color127Please respect copyright.PENANA46Wip5ZuJr
of summer foliage, and I break127Please respect copyright.PENANA0kWnCkbyNw
even more.
I can feel her touch, like ice127Please respect copyright.PENANAv19WBgQOqS
on my arm, and I try to regain127Please respect copyright.PENANA5BjWXhv78E
control of my breathing.
Sorrow stains her face, like rain, as she lifts127Please respect copyright.PENANAQlBvtFSe6n
her mouth towards me, placing a kiss127Please respect copyright.PENANAgNA8nfsgzm
softly on my cheek.
"I'm sorry," she says. "All I want127Please respect copyright.PENANArtkmHGdFJj
is one more day." She always tells127Please respect copyright.PENANASJ6u1w0qxj
me this. Just one more day.
But time has never been in our favor,127Please respect copyright.PENANAD8hzr9oOsf
and yet we find ourselves 127Please respect copyright.PENANAtHTRbSq0Pn
trying to evade the inevitable.
"Just one more day."
The autumn leaves fall around us,127Please respect copyright.PENANAi3HCtmPDd3
a rainfall of colors, red, orange,127Please respect copyright.PENANAAlhfkwT2AN
yellow. I inhale slowly.
Her breath ghosts across my neck --127Please respect copyright.PENANA9EyGWAkm0o
"just one more day" -- and I wonder127Please respect copyright.PENANAiz5a9SoJeW
why it has to be this way.
I cautiously touch her cheek -- her skin127Please respect copyright.PENANANQDlatGoek
is colder than death -- and I wonder127Please respect copyright.PENANAOxpbeB4y9m
why we can’t have forever.
One more day isn’t enough any more,127Please respect copyright.PENANATuk0FCShAs
but I know time has finally 127Please respect copyright.PENANAdnnDauUpN0
caught up with us.
She smiles, just a wisp of her lips,127Please respect copyright.PENANAeNFWggPmsh
and we lay down in the heap127Please respect copyright.PENANA92fU1iKoGn
of colorful autumn foliage.
“Let’s be together again some day,”127Please respect copyright.PENANAvdPoKAy0Gc
she tells me, and I die just a little127Please respect copyright.PENANAtMe860xaT1
more inside.
“Promise me,” she says. “that you’ll love127Please respect copyright.PENANA1EGKmfqX6i
me even when I’m gone.” I tell her that, 127Please respect copyright.PENANAkPaOjN3tSX
of course, I’ll always love her.
From now until forever.127Please respect copyright.PENANAwHDbvgLd6n
Forevermore.