The autumn sun catches on the golden303Please respect copyright.PENANAG1r9J0jhkU
strands of her hair, and my heart303Please respect copyright.PENANABkEAnmdlNj
breaks a little bit.
She looks at me, eyes the color303Please respect copyright.PENANA7fL40dCFDQ
of summer foliage, and I break303Please respect copyright.PENANAM2gHkfGWWR
even more.
I can feel her touch, like ice303Please respect copyright.PENANAzpLL4yZaFr
on my arm, and I try to regain303Please respect copyright.PENANAwlrWmLMOAt
control of my breathing.
Sorrow stains her face, like rain, as she lifts303Please respect copyright.PENANArKtNW1slko
her mouth towards me, placing a kiss303Please respect copyright.PENANAqbJz3ODm0Q
softly on my cheek.
"I'm sorry," she says. "All I want303Please respect copyright.PENANAqed8yaoykg
is one more day." She always tells303Please respect copyright.PENANAM80Ki9MjWt
me this. Just one more day.
But time has never been in our favor,303Please respect copyright.PENANA0h0pPHtL1o
and yet we find ourselves 303Please respect copyright.PENANAGb485lgBpE
trying to evade the inevitable.
"Just one more day."
The autumn leaves fall around us,303Please respect copyright.PENANAAtZKUn9LBI
a rainfall of colors, red, orange,303Please respect copyright.PENANAvYDmV7Unz7
yellow. I inhale slowly.
Her breath ghosts across my neck --303Please respect copyright.PENANA8AsGXannYl
"just one more day" -- and I wonder303Please respect copyright.PENANA6CMcTEjmP6
why it has to be this way.
I cautiously touch her cheek -- her skin303Please respect copyright.PENANAqwO7KK9Btt
is colder than death -- and I wonder303Please respect copyright.PENANAejUQomDVBS
why we can’t have forever.
One more day isn’t enough any more,303Please respect copyright.PENANAw6k70sCXM3
but I know time has finally 303Please respect copyright.PENANAvW3wfyv1LV
caught up with us.
She smiles, just a wisp of her lips,303Please respect copyright.PENANAuMkmhdSKyX
and we lay down in the heap303Please respect copyright.PENANAxt1dW6FqkD
of colorful autumn foliage.
“Let’s be together again some day,”303Please respect copyright.PENANAmSQNge1g4t
she tells me, and I die just a little303Please respect copyright.PENANAYhMkuZ3SEh
more inside.
“Promise me,” she says. “that you’ll love303Please respect copyright.PENANAyXz5umsiex
me even when I’m gone.” I tell her that, 303Please respect copyright.PENANAoDWnueaUvQ
of course, I’ll always love her.
From now until forever.303Please respect copyright.PENANACylVhUxcjs
Forevermore.