The autumn sun catches on the golden336Please respect copyright.PENANA7aqJSZZYyC
strands of her hair, and my heart336Please respect copyright.PENANAIfEnWaDME5
breaks a little bit.
She looks at me, eyes the color336Please respect copyright.PENANAJhJ0WPDDna
of summer foliage, and I break336Please respect copyright.PENANAHQjPSPCXX3
even more.
I can feel her touch, like ice336Please respect copyright.PENANAycUBuMDZyg
on my arm, and I try to regain336Please respect copyright.PENANAA4Nv5zMfcc
control of my breathing.
Sorrow stains her face, like rain, as she lifts336Please respect copyright.PENANA4zoemJPdcB
her mouth towards me, placing a kiss336Please respect copyright.PENANAH7p1EjXQ21
softly on my cheek.
"I'm sorry," she says. "All I want336Please respect copyright.PENANA3p4q6Igqiq
is one more day." She always tells336Please respect copyright.PENANAsJwkfI2dQ0
me this. Just one more day.
But time has never been in our favor,336Please respect copyright.PENANAWwR9fUtmXD
and yet we find ourselves 336Please respect copyright.PENANAJpbZk9861q
trying to evade the inevitable.
"Just one more day."
The autumn leaves fall around us,336Please respect copyright.PENANAfzkrXm3xbM
a rainfall of colors, red, orange,336Please respect copyright.PENANA31WRcmpznN
yellow. I inhale slowly.
Her breath ghosts across my neck --336Please respect copyright.PENANAmFmiiPkg3U
"just one more day" -- and I wonder336Please respect copyright.PENANAFlE5kqVPxs
why it has to be this way.
I cautiously touch her cheek -- her skin336Please respect copyright.PENANAoBahzgwuwk
is colder than death -- and I wonder336Please respect copyright.PENANAA2GIwAfTzL
why we can’t have forever.
One more day isn’t enough any more,336Please respect copyright.PENANADGInHKBkkg
but I know time has finally 336Please respect copyright.PENANAwU76nEu8mt
caught up with us.
She smiles, just a wisp of her lips,336Please respect copyright.PENANAv5PAVTlLhE
and we lay down in the heap336Please respect copyright.PENANABwTVj31Rw8
of colorful autumn foliage.
“Let’s be together again some day,”336Please respect copyright.PENANAWNRxff6mk0
she tells me, and I die just a little336Please respect copyright.PENANAJvd9jRBMFy
more inside.
“Promise me,” she says. “that you’ll love336Please respect copyright.PENANAWXGfd5P3d9
me even when I’m gone.” I tell her that, 336Please respect copyright.PENANA9mhnwMsDIu
of course, I’ll always love her.
From now until forever.336Please respect copyright.PENANAb92E9oMnt2
Forevermore.