The autumn sun catches on the golden333Please respect copyright.PENANARyj4861XfG
strands of her hair, and my heart333Please respect copyright.PENANAAbmNpiHKAj
breaks a little bit.
She looks at me, eyes the color333Please respect copyright.PENANA70NmySdCMq
of summer foliage, and I break333Please respect copyright.PENANANN6Wzmst4J
even more.
I can feel her touch, like ice333Please respect copyright.PENANAPArFvjME7F
on my arm, and I try to regain333Please respect copyright.PENANAavMF8Z1xiO
control of my breathing.
Sorrow stains her face, like rain, as she lifts333Please respect copyright.PENANAFPwuh8c7kB
her mouth towards me, placing a kiss333Please respect copyright.PENANADyoKvPkg7E
softly on my cheek.
"I'm sorry," she says. "All I want333Please respect copyright.PENANAn3srBdjiqt
is one more day." She always tells333Please respect copyright.PENANATE1qo5I8bV
me this. Just one more day.
But time has never been in our favor,333Please respect copyright.PENANA8IdOpGe2DP
and yet we find ourselves 333Please respect copyright.PENANAWuzTGnpoC8
trying to evade the inevitable.
"Just one more day."
The autumn leaves fall around us,333Please respect copyright.PENANAy2v24f49GV
a rainfall of colors, red, orange,333Please respect copyright.PENANAPbFFz0e3cv
yellow. I inhale slowly.
Her breath ghosts across my neck --333Please respect copyright.PENANA51XLtcHaAW
"just one more day" -- and I wonder333Please respect copyright.PENANA7sdjr7e4Ug
why it has to be this way.
I cautiously touch her cheek -- her skin333Please respect copyright.PENANAxdWr1lZy7F
is colder than death -- and I wonder333Please respect copyright.PENANASBJApFs36c
why we can’t have forever.
One more day isn’t enough any more,333Please respect copyright.PENANAmfYsJdtNUU
but I know time has finally 333Please respect copyright.PENANAem1C6saXV1
caught up with us.
She smiles, just a wisp of her lips,333Please respect copyright.PENANA0adtbRw4P7
and we lay down in the heap333Please respect copyright.PENANAVDdvIB9TEO
of colorful autumn foliage.
“Let’s be together again some day,”333Please respect copyright.PENANAqEtlKV6Yrn
she tells me, and I die just a little333Please respect copyright.PENANAIkRf0jllQX
more inside.
“Promise me,” she says. “that you’ll love333Please respect copyright.PENANAA7ptuxqLbK
me even when I’m gone.” I tell her that, 333Please respect copyright.PENANA3m3LuH78ZL
of course, I’ll always love her.
From now until forever.333Please respect copyright.PENANAPfnkd7ZwFK
Forevermore.