The autumn sun catches on the golden326Please respect copyright.PENANARCqrkBKFKm
strands of her hair, and my heart326Please respect copyright.PENANAE0dvP8LDbB
breaks a little bit.
She looks at me, eyes the color326Please respect copyright.PENANAqtwiw4BFyE
of summer foliage, and I break326Please respect copyright.PENANAW9VPkQuzii
even more.
I can feel her touch, like ice326Please respect copyright.PENANAJ99eBNggQm
on my arm, and I try to regain326Please respect copyright.PENANAMYmyORxqiZ
control of my breathing.
Sorrow stains her face, like rain, as she lifts326Please respect copyright.PENANA9auzE6m3Tz
her mouth towards me, placing a kiss326Please respect copyright.PENANAc8J9IeqNUm
softly on my cheek.
"I'm sorry," she says. "All I want326Please respect copyright.PENANAiAkUUnKkI2
is one more day." She always tells326Please respect copyright.PENANApoq5l461HO
me this. Just one more day.
But time has never been in our favor,326Please respect copyright.PENANAxYL1fTc1BI
and yet we find ourselves 326Please respect copyright.PENANAayhAj7Szxg
trying to evade the inevitable.
"Just one more day."
The autumn leaves fall around us,326Please respect copyright.PENANAzCUA5EnqmT
a rainfall of colors, red, orange,326Please respect copyright.PENANAqEaZWhILZy
yellow. I inhale slowly.
Her breath ghosts across my neck --326Please respect copyright.PENANAVAEUGbDWqQ
"just one more day" -- and I wonder326Please respect copyright.PENANAqxlEurWJMt
why it has to be this way.
I cautiously touch her cheek -- her skin326Please respect copyright.PENANANz20b9gkVT
is colder than death -- and I wonder326Please respect copyright.PENANANgU0Oa0GRL
why we can’t have forever.
One more day isn’t enough any more,326Please respect copyright.PENANA6tRHUk1Uqb
but I know time has finally 326Please respect copyright.PENANAxmYqbcyz0F
caught up with us.
She smiles, just a wisp of her lips,326Please respect copyright.PENANAsTOG25cKfx
and we lay down in the heap326Please respect copyright.PENANAfxBC6HHHXl
of colorful autumn foliage.
“Let’s be together again some day,”326Please respect copyright.PENANAir5Mo7euoo
she tells me, and I die just a little326Please respect copyright.PENANA0YRAGfWmcN
more inside.
“Promise me,” she says. “that you’ll love326Please respect copyright.PENANAuRTP0zSjJA
me even when I’m gone.” I tell her that, 326Please respect copyright.PENANAhR7uzMrRKs
of course, I’ll always love her.
From now until forever.326Please respect copyright.PENANAMqISS3BJou
Forevermore.