The autumn sun catches on the golden364Please respect copyright.PENANAH9WM2Pt8ye
strands of her hair, and my heart364Please respect copyright.PENANAtJFDOZPnBv
breaks a little bit.
She looks at me, eyes the color364Please respect copyright.PENANA7slhVkb3Md
of summer foliage, and I break364Please respect copyright.PENANAHdpNPGU2OZ
even more.
I can feel her touch, like ice364Please respect copyright.PENANAf8gp6S0ORo
on my arm, and I try to regain364Please respect copyright.PENANAXxwV7LssJG
control of my breathing.
Sorrow stains her face, like rain, as she lifts364Please respect copyright.PENANAcUH8wOFtqR
her mouth towards me, placing a kiss364Please respect copyright.PENANApmYQvfBtSO
softly on my cheek.
"I'm sorry," she says. "All I want364Please respect copyright.PENANA32uQ1BmmMv
is one more day." She always tells364Please respect copyright.PENANAps3CUiEv4k
me this. Just one more day.
But time has never been in our favor,364Please respect copyright.PENANAXNTbiIgWfp
and yet we find ourselves 364Please respect copyright.PENANANp6Qok3yVo
trying to evade the inevitable.
"Just one more day."
The autumn leaves fall around us,364Please respect copyright.PENANAzHWPn43TOY
a rainfall of colors, red, orange,364Please respect copyright.PENANAX76KaXxdGY
yellow. I inhale slowly.
Her breath ghosts across my neck --364Please respect copyright.PENANAZWVZOXmLU5
"just one more day" -- and I wonder364Please respect copyright.PENANAujxlLQ0OnF
why it has to be this way.
I cautiously touch her cheek -- her skin364Please respect copyright.PENANA0eskO3YNP7
is colder than death -- and I wonder364Please respect copyright.PENANAMCOvzlubAK
why we can’t have forever.
One more day isn’t enough any more,364Please respect copyright.PENANA1i2EzhCMh8
but I know time has finally 364Please respect copyright.PENANAtCvZTJbdIw
caught up with us.
She smiles, just a wisp of her lips,364Please respect copyright.PENANA1JR6jdrtgT
and we lay down in the heap364Please respect copyright.PENANAlElReKhvHR
of colorful autumn foliage.
“Let’s be together again some day,”364Please respect copyright.PENANAbycVCbjZJ1
she tells me, and I die just a little364Please respect copyright.PENANAsGQ8GyFeDs
more inside.
“Promise me,” she says. “that you’ll love364Please respect copyright.PENANA6QiBuTdbFQ
me even when I’m gone.” I tell her that, 364Please respect copyright.PENANAB2asaKXDiT
of course, I’ll always love her.
From now until forever.364Please respect copyright.PENANABeZ7WsyeKN
Forevermore.