The autumn sun catches on the golden377Please respect copyright.PENANARf4WwiNz3i
strands of her hair, and my heart377Please respect copyright.PENANAZItRmg7IwU
breaks a little bit.
She looks at me, eyes the color377Please respect copyright.PENANAMZsvDNmRiI
of summer foliage, and I break377Please respect copyright.PENANA86yJrcWhCR
even more.
I can feel her touch, like ice377Please respect copyright.PENANAvVr25cs0Sr
on my arm, and I try to regain377Please respect copyright.PENANAkdiquUqqlx
control of my breathing.
Sorrow stains her face, like rain, as she lifts377Please respect copyright.PENANA9SI4K7op1k
her mouth towards me, placing a kiss377Please respect copyright.PENANAiBqozJ2iPd
softly on my cheek.
"I'm sorry," she says. "All I want377Please respect copyright.PENANAMg1q60X9eV
is one more day." She always tells377Please respect copyright.PENANARzQSMFOWzj
me this. Just one more day.
But time has never been in our favor,377Please respect copyright.PENANADI1ePfKPXr
and yet we find ourselves 377Please respect copyright.PENANAGk7r113509
trying to evade the inevitable.
"Just one more day."
The autumn leaves fall around us,377Please respect copyright.PENANABVbaslMUDH
a rainfall of colors, red, orange,377Please respect copyright.PENANAIz4AJULQzn
yellow. I inhale slowly.
Her breath ghosts across my neck --377Please respect copyright.PENANAfrbNEEBGBp
"just one more day" -- and I wonder377Please respect copyright.PENANAOeSat6rMuO
why it has to be this way.
I cautiously touch her cheek -- her skin377Please respect copyright.PENANA7TANy1l0vO
is colder than death -- and I wonder377Please respect copyright.PENANA7DpOUh6tRC
why we can’t have forever.
One more day isn’t enough any more,377Please respect copyright.PENANA9gkWjDKEXz
but I know time has finally 377Please respect copyright.PENANAO5fQBFVyIY
caught up with us.
She smiles, just a wisp of her lips,377Please respect copyright.PENANApiHJwJNGXB
and we lay down in the heap377Please respect copyright.PENANAFspbStg0ue
of colorful autumn foliage.
“Let’s be together again some day,”377Please respect copyright.PENANAReuTGm5Ppn
she tells me, and I die just a little377Please respect copyright.PENANAkYwnY7DhPT
more inside.
“Promise me,” she says. “that you’ll love377Please respect copyright.PENANAI2z1XM7ZJj
me even when I’m gone.” I tell her that, 377Please respect copyright.PENANAhL7on9O36T
of course, I’ll always love her.
From now until forever.377Please respect copyright.PENANANIX9AEcLSd
Forevermore.