The autumn sun catches on the golden128Please respect copyright.PENANACyXZwHKSch
strands of her hair, and my heart128Please respect copyright.PENANAE4o02Kcx8M
breaks a little bit.
She looks at me, eyes the color128Please respect copyright.PENANA737HsBm5E8
of summer foliage, and I break128Please respect copyright.PENANANWyggUaLxn
even more.
I can feel her touch, like ice128Please respect copyright.PENANAQGW4Uixh77
on my arm, and I try to regain128Please respect copyright.PENANAPcwbh1YwY8
control of my breathing.
Sorrow stains her face, like rain, as she lifts128Please respect copyright.PENANAoYDAKOTHyK
her mouth towards me, placing a kiss128Please respect copyright.PENANAykGDTopHqG
softly on my cheek.
"I'm sorry," she says. "All I want128Please respect copyright.PENANAIV3FzRNWiV
is one more day." She always tells128Please respect copyright.PENANApdf2uenUbH
me this. Just one more day.
But time has never been in our favor,128Please respect copyright.PENANA4nA6oK0RMe
and yet we find ourselves 128Please respect copyright.PENANAVz4R6z2hpY
trying to evade the inevitable.
"Just one more day."
The autumn leaves fall around us,128Please respect copyright.PENANAEN4vshwStb
a rainfall of colors, red, orange,128Please respect copyright.PENANA4VB64aBfyY
yellow. I inhale slowly.
Her breath ghosts across my neck --128Please respect copyright.PENANAXSGr85i8u8
"just one more day" -- and I wonder128Please respect copyright.PENANAr6725zFSRR
why it has to be this way.
I cautiously touch her cheek -- her skin128Please respect copyright.PENANAZH0F8fApRq
is colder than death -- and I wonder128Please respect copyright.PENANANlpGY6VzcT
why we can’t have forever.
One more day isn’t enough any more,128Please respect copyright.PENANAOFsiEsh53I
but I know time has finally 128Please respect copyright.PENANAMAXs9bMyU3
caught up with us.
She smiles, just a wisp of her lips,128Please respect copyright.PENANATT1FWH4359
and we lay down in the heap128Please respect copyright.PENANAoakInKbd8Z
of colorful autumn foliage.
“Let’s be together again some day,”128Please respect copyright.PENANAA43WVZnslc
she tells me, and I die just a little128Please respect copyright.PENANACez1I7NeFG
more inside.
“Promise me,” she says. “that you’ll love128Please respect copyright.PENANAO9972V2iW2
me even when I’m gone.” I tell her that, 128Please respect copyright.PENANALi7AjW1KbQ
of course, I’ll always love her.
From now until forever.128Please respect copyright.PENANAD5epGsOSoY
Forevermore.