The autumn sun catches on the golden259Please respect copyright.PENANAIDwdp6pd3y
strands of her hair, and my heart259Please respect copyright.PENANAulZwOFtHMR
breaks a little bit.
She looks at me, eyes the color259Please respect copyright.PENANAyaoLseo88D
of summer foliage, and I break259Please respect copyright.PENANA54e3bTgL53
even more.
I can feel her touch, like ice259Please respect copyright.PENANA7kTuxjzz4D
on my arm, and I try to regain259Please respect copyright.PENANARJphbKwyTN
control of my breathing.
Sorrow stains her face, like rain, as she lifts259Please respect copyright.PENANAq5UacmSjK1
her mouth towards me, placing a kiss259Please respect copyright.PENANA4MbxTR6ur6
softly on my cheek.
"I'm sorry," she says. "All I want259Please respect copyright.PENANAKMMUT8iGA8
is one more day." She always tells259Please respect copyright.PENANAbFfsAOwkVH
me this. Just one more day.
But time has never been in our favor,259Please respect copyright.PENANAxoIgLq80Wp
and yet we find ourselves 259Please respect copyright.PENANAtooTlwFNGC
trying to evade the inevitable.
"Just one more day."
The autumn leaves fall around us,259Please respect copyright.PENANAVysfRc9bbW
a rainfall of colors, red, orange,259Please respect copyright.PENANAAO7Zpz3g0a
yellow. I inhale slowly.
Her breath ghosts across my neck --259Please respect copyright.PENANArtx9pOKl3D
"just one more day" -- and I wonder259Please respect copyright.PENANAHUks9WLqId
why it has to be this way.
I cautiously touch her cheek -- her skin259Please respect copyright.PENANACbwcvgUVwa
is colder than death -- and I wonder259Please respect copyright.PENANAaL8uW7TnZz
why we can’t have forever.
One more day isn’t enough any more,259Please respect copyright.PENANAlaxeF4xrzf
but I know time has finally 259Please respect copyright.PENANApi4Io2EZHt
caught up with us.
She smiles, just a wisp of her lips,259Please respect copyright.PENANAF8KDpZRezY
and we lay down in the heap259Please respect copyright.PENANAgOn0Y9JPCV
of colorful autumn foliage.
“Let’s be together again some day,”259Please respect copyright.PENANAO3bWZhCXXO
she tells me, and I die just a little259Please respect copyright.PENANA4GZSb0sWne
more inside.
“Promise me,” she says. “that you’ll love259Please respect copyright.PENANAG5WLIapwIW
me even when I’m gone.” I tell her that, 259Please respect copyright.PENANA1UYD9GL71Z
of course, I’ll always love her.
From now until forever.259Please respect copyright.PENANArvfTw9Oowm
Forevermore.