The autumn sun catches on the golden227Please respect copyright.PENANAHWUMsyEAWw
strands of her hair, and my heart227Please respect copyright.PENANAk42C6gDK9E
breaks a little bit.
She looks at me, eyes the color227Please respect copyright.PENANAJdg8A1uElz
of summer foliage, and I break227Please respect copyright.PENANAsdfVUJGG5s
even more.
I can feel her touch, like ice227Please respect copyright.PENANA2MokDDMk25
on my arm, and I try to regain227Please respect copyright.PENANA1Hj6nmdvUG
control of my breathing.
Sorrow stains her face, like rain, as she lifts227Please respect copyright.PENANAOqBve6v3wW
her mouth towards me, placing a kiss227Please respect copyright.PENANAkUeNKF8P0G
softly on my cheek.
"I'm sorry," she says. "All I want227Please respect copyright.PENANAJu5BsueSPC
is one more day." She always tells227Please respect copyright.PENANApnoV4pRnOz
me this. Just one more day.
But time has never been in our favor,227Please respect copyright.PENANAvFhIE0vUld
and yet we find ourselves 227Please respect copyright.PENANA7wTAbfjiVJ
trying to evade the inevitable.
"Just one more day."
The autumn leaves fall around us,227Please respect copyright.PENANAeByMjogHea
a rainfall of colors, red, orange,227Please respect copyright.PENANAS9x9GSqF9d
yellow. I inhale slowly.
Her breath ghosts across my neck --227Please respect copyright.PENANAwCqKcfCRbt
"just one more day" -- and I wonder227Please respect copyright.PENANA4DBODj5j4Z
why it has to be this way.
I cautiously touch her cheek -- her skin227Please respect copyright.PENANApY064O5pgp
is colder than death -- and I wonder227Please respect copyright.PENANAo1x391hN9F
why we can’t have forever.
One more day isn’t enough any more,227Please respect copyright.PENANABgflcM1E7d
but I know time has finally 227Please respect copyright.PENANAjvIiwNJdUu
caught up with us.
She smiles, just a wisp of her lips,227Please respect copyright.PENANArCJeg5npRQ
and we lay down in the heap227Please respect copyright.PENANAfBEH3zOyXF
of colorful autumn foliage.
“Let’s be together again some day,”227Please respect copyright.PENANAxeIzyQ4cHM
she tells me, and I die just a little227Please respect copyright.PENANAi2mtmGrabM
more inside.
“Promise me,” she says. “that you’ll love227Please respect copyright.PENANA92FktXy5gp
me even when I’m gone.” I tell her that, 227Please respect copyright.PENANA3PHyRj0iTS
of course, I’ll always love her.
From now until forever.227Please respect copyright.PENANAw11XthMCei
Forevermore.