The autumn sun catches on the golden226Please respect copyright.PENANA8VyCJKi46g
strands of her hair, and my heart226Please respect copyright.PENANAnYXsdQXmKp
breaks a little bit.
She looks at me, eyes the color226Please respect copyright.PENANAlZRTPcRFr4
of summer foliage, and I break226Please respect copyright.PENANAFBwpZlyR1z
even more.
I can feel her touch, like ice226Please respect copyright.PENANAYoz0gdxpIw
on my arm, and I try to regain226Please respect copyright.PENANARHqAwv8Ml9
control of my breathing.
Sorrow stains her face, like rain, as she lifts226Please respect copyright.PENANALy3NWlQ9Gu
her mouth towards me, placing a kiss226Please respect copyright.PENANA374sgI37L5
softly on my cheek.
"I'm sorry," she says. "All I want226Please respect copyright.PENANA73IOuijIUL
is one more day." She always tells226Please respect copyright.PENANAT5yZIAgOCG
me this. Just one more day.
But time has never been in our favor,226Please respect copyright.PENANA293NeSbs5B
and yet we find ourselves 226Please respect copyright.PENANAVK6jex7C8E
trying to evade the inevitable.
"Just one more day."
The autumn leaves fall around us,226Please respect copyright.PENANAeGSU42c9kL
a rainfall of colors, red, orange,226Please respect copyright.PENANApXTUTvnRvh
yellow. I inhale slowly.
Her breath ghosts across my neck --226Please respect copyright.PENANAgPI4FQAJN7
"just one more day" -- and I wonder226Please respect copyright.PENANAlqwKGUcb4b
why it has to be this way.
I cautiously touch her cheek -- her skin226Please respect copyright.PENANAfKrmTuLIsm
is colder than death -- and I wonder226Please respect copyright.PENANA43PYuEbrNX
why we can’t have forever.
One more day isn’t enough any more,226Please respect copyright.PENANAj0sULB7ZBE
but I know time has finally 226Please respect copyright.PENANAQNJYbnNvFj
caught up with us.
She smiles, just a wisp of her lips,226Please respect copyright.PENANAE9RAJxMDAA
and we lay down in the heap226Please respect copyright.PENANATVCVxdhYlZ
of colorful autumn foliage.
“Let’s be together again some day,”226Please respect copyright.PENANA4Exgu6YzP0
she tells me, and I die just a little226Please respect copyright.PENANAjMQc50pPAy
more inside.
“Promise me,” she says. “that you’ll love226Please respect copyright.PENANARLHqZV27Za
me even when I’m gone.” I tell her that, 226Please respect copyright.PENANAZ8zUzaf4ar
of course, I’ll always love her.
From now until forever.226Please respect copyright.PENANAmcB6mxSOa6
Forevermore.