The autumn sun catches on the golden126Please respect copyright.PENANAilosdMrQTr
strands of her hair, and my heart126Please respect copyright.PENANAjTF0u9iN4U
breaks a little bit.
She looks at me, eyes the color126Please respect copyright.PENANAaD7LJeYAij
of summer foliage, and I break126Please respect copyright.PENANACjrDaGqp6U
even more.
I can feel her touch, like ice126Please respect copyright.PENANAtl8KniNf1T
on my arm, and I try to regain126Please respect copyright.PENANAgjUolkgG31
control of my breathing.
Sorrow stains her face, like rain, as she lifts126Please respect copyright.PENANACh3R1N6S2t
her mouth towards me, placing a kiss126Please respect copyright.PENANAcsgJhV9dM3
softly on my cheek.
"I'm sorry," she says. "All I want126Please respect copyright.PENANAavHtMvI9uY
is one more day." She always tells126Please respect copyright.PENANAr8MTHoYnc9
me this. Just one more day.
But time has never been in our favor,126Please respect copyright.PENANAIPzcxwr1jz
and yet we find ourselves 126Please respect copyright.PENANAp2YyRrlNqq
trying to evade the inevitable.
"Just one more day."
The autumn leaves fall around us,126Please respect copyright.PENANAmOlXyG9YMV
a rainfall of colors, red, orange,126Please respect copyright.PENANAvxLoOj465p
yellow. I inhale slowly.
Her breath ghosts across my neck --126Please respect copyright.PENANA5k4qLYub7h
"just one more day" -- and I wonder126Please respect copyright.PENANAICC1pYiObI
why it has to be this way.
I cautiously touch her cheek -- her skin126Please respect copyright.PENANAZ4qGYfPrne
is colder than death -- and I wonder126Please respect copyright.PENANAdO02zRxLao
why we can’t have forever.
One more day isn’t enough any more,126Please respect copyright.PENANAriUnX6RWVj
but I know time has finally 126Please respect copyright.PENANAcgnt7fMyjA
caught up with us.
She smiles, just a wisp of her lips,126Please respect copyright.PENANAcfNNUkdWDN
and we lay down in the heap126Please respect copyright.PENANAkdII38AzPL
of colorful autumn foliage.
“Let’s be together again some day,”126Please respect copyright.PENANANK6qzF2Hen
she tells me, and I die just a little126Please respect copyright.PENANA3kaz3hFUkJ
more inside.
“Promise me,” she says. “that you’ll love126Please respect copyright.PENANATGCRjmH9DH
me even when I’m gone.” I tell her that, 126Please respect copyright.PENANADKKbszg6kg
of course, I’ll always love her.
From now until forever.126Please respect copyright.PENANAIwMZBwSoYn
Forevermore.