The autumn sun catches on the golden125Please respect copyright.PENANA8E2VOLQd9j
strands of her hair, and my heart125Please respect copyright.PENANASKml5anvEZ
breaks a little bit.
She looks at me, eyes the color125Please respect copyright.PENANAnYrDYs6SNG
of summer foliage, and I break125Please respect copyright.PENANAFraJOGd8Zn
even more.
I can feel her touch, like ice125Please respect copyright.PENANAuQGKpZveJv
on my arm, and I try to regain125Please respect copyright.PENANAVYxEnI9y8D
control of my breathing.
Sorrow stains her face, like rain, as she lifts125Please respect copyright.PENANAo5yD91hOi4
her mouth towards me, placing a kiss125Please respect copyright.PENANACsprSpUwaj
softly on my cheek.
"I'm sorry," she says. "All I want125Please respect copyright.PENANAdfwyqIPXuz
is one more day." She always tells125Please respect copyright.PENANAWEzUCZ01ve
me this. Just one more day.
But time has never been in our favor,125Please respect copyright.PENANAp2ngbELML4
and yet we find ourselves 125Please respect copyright.PENANADrnLYY27st
trying to evade the inevitable.
"Just one more day."
The autumn leaves fall around us,125Please respect copyright.PENANAfVuXHYq7l4
a rainfall of colors, red, orange,125Please respect copyright.PENANAngNI6vWKxp
yellow. I inhale slowly.
Her breath ghosts across my neck --125Please respect copyright.PENANAy44YemZPOn
"just one more day" -- and I wonder125Please respect copyright.PENANAgogEN5HSYw
why it has to be this way.
I cautiously touch her cheek -- her skin125Please respect copyright.PENANA8BjvPk5HKp
is colder than death -- and I wonder125Please respect copyright.PENANAiaab8XkAw6
why we can’t have forever.
One more day isn’t enough any more,125Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZVRQwHwpn
but I know time has finally 125Please respect copyright.PENANAdj8F3Y3iyG
caught up with us.
She smiles, just a wisp of her lips,125Please respect copyright.PENANAXYI7YiC3R8
and we lay down in the heap125Please respect copyright.PENANA0YKztDoOls
of colorful autumn foliage.
“Let’s be together again some day,”125Please respect copyright.PENANAlzjexkX8MO
she tells me, and I die just a little125Please respect copyright.PENANAvuevQ3XHje
more inside.
“Promise me,” she says. “that you’ll love125Please respect copyright.PENANAvtolrJPOqW
me even when I’m gone.” I tell her that, 125Please respect copyright.PENANAsL9BtsWdvF
of course, I’ll always love her.
From now until forever.125Please respect copyright.PENANAhxnD3BDDnV
Forevermore.