The autumn sun catches on the golden344Please respect copyright.PENANATyOpwFHX92
strands of her hair, and my heart344Please respect copyright.PENANAYg2TD26PWk
breaks a little bit.
She looks at me, eyes the color344Please respect copyright.PENANA4W3VnTjgx0
of summer foliage, and I break344Please respect copyright.PENANA9GIzmAiDId
even more.
I can feel her touch, like ice344Please respect copyright.PENANAdDpttQ8ipi
on my arm, and I try to regain344Please respect copyright.PENANAeL0JeQj2yJ
control of my breathing.
Sorrow stains her face, like rain, as she lifts344Please respect copyright.PENANAN7FIjnFWHf
her mouth towards me, placing a kiss344Please respect copyright.PENANAt9oiMCoHNO
softly on my cheek.
"I'm sorry," she says. "All I want344Please respect copyright.PENANATAhPt58GDS
is one more day." She always tells344Please respect copyright.PENANAmdIRwEwyr4
me this. Just one more day.
But time has never been in our favor,344Please respect copyright.PENANA20XqYnLVXf
and yet we find ourselves 344Please respect copyright.PENANAPS8cKbozQq
trying to evade the inevitable.
"Just one more day."
The autumn leaves fall around us,344Please respect copyright.PENANAmn1qyLvGHO
a rainfall of colors, red, orange,344Please respect copyright.PENANAyBQIApXHOb
yellow. I inhale slowly.
Her breath ghosts across my neck --344Please respect copyright.PENANASGFyg7IdW6
"just one more day" -- and I wonder344Please respect copyright.PENANALjdyL7HquA
why it has to be this way.
I cautiously touch her cheek -- her skin344Please respect copyright.PENANATT7fDJlwGC
is colder than death -- and I wonder344Please respect copyright.PENANAYGiE715dvp
why we can’t have forever.
One more day isn’t enough any more,344Please respect copyright.PENANAIEflJr6Ukv
but I know time has finally 344Please respect copyright.PENANACY1mA36fdr
caught up with us.
She smiles, just a wisp of her lips,344Please respect copyright.PENANAM0ZCUuvm3W
and we lay down in the heap344Please respect copyright.PENANAEP4AaaFdXX
of colorful autumn foliage.
“Let’s be together again some day,”344Please respect copyright.PENANAir7P80wB9N
she tells me, and I die just a little344Please respect copyright.PENANAraZPHM0XE7
more inside.
“Promise me,” she says. “that you’ll love344Please respect copyright.PENANAraZ6HQCEJ2
me even when I’m gone.” I tell her that, 344Please respect copyright.PENANAtT9PMzPvpF
of course, I’ll always love her.
From now until forever.344Please respect copyright.PENANA0gkOCvefjY
Forevermore.