The autumn sun catches on the golden136Please respect copyright.PENANAyBRx8qFLMW
strands of her hair, and my heart136Please respect copyright.PENANAsxDh9IuG9G
breaks a little bit.
She looks at me, eyes the color136Please respect copyright.PENANAI4WGOCu9Ti
of summer foliage, and I break136Please respect copyright.PENANA3uWTWIwP4k
even more.
I can feel her touch, like ice136Please respect copyright.PENANAC1qrfFL4ff
on my arm, and I try to regain136Please respect copyright.PENANAJ9KunbdXBX
control of my breathing.
Sorrow stains her face, like rain, as she lifts136Please respect copyright.PENANAyTmYXxruSS
her mouth towards me, placing a kiss136Please respect copyright.PENANA8OS0yKccYc
softly on my cheek.
"I'm sorry," she says. "All I want136Please respect copyright.PENANAToIKH8NK6R
is one more day." She always tells136Please respect copyright.PENANAxLtGWGYHgU
me this. Just one more day.
But time has never been in our favor,136Please respect copyright.PENANA5qvFkB4DxA
and yet we find ourselves 136Please respect copyright.PENANAcwRUoiknME
trying to evade the inevitable.
"Just one more day."
The autumn leaves fall around us,136Please respect copyright.PENANAi55xgrQHpo
a rainfall of colors, red, orange,136Please respect copyright.PENANAqzdlL3kcKV
yellow. I inhale slowly.
Her breath ghosts across my neck --136Please respect copyright.PENANAMdgyUDk5MB
"just one more day" -- and I wonder136Please respect copyright.PENANA3verQXH1XC
why it has to be this way.
I cautiously touch her cheek -- her skin136Please respect copyright.PENANAB7jP55iwqm
is colder than death -- and I wonder136Please respect copyright.PENANAB5YmndCrDx
why we can’t have forever.
One more day isn’t enough any more,136Please respect copyright.PENANAwmjS0GQb4W
but I know time has finally 136Please respect copyright.PENANAwli7bwM36H
caught up with us.
She smiles, just a wisp of her lips,136Please respect copyright.PENANAi1pGFvIiqs
and we lay down in the heap136Please respect copyright.PENANAeiSvoUxT1Q
of colorful autumn foliage.
“Let’s be together again some day,”136Please respect copyright.PENANAMiwz4UHA1f
she tells me, and I die just a little136Please respect copyright.PENANAshAFGpcL92
more inside.
“Promise me,” she says. “that you’ll love136Please respect copyright.PENANAw9wDCz4Qml
me even when I’m gone.” I tell her that, 136Please respect copyright.PENANAgHUcj0WwU7
of course, I’ll always love her.
From now until forever.136Please respect copyright.PENANAMzaFLUh1tv
Forevermore.