I'd like to think, that beyond this bristling carpet of reeds and half-hearted, long-forgotten blooms, she'll be waiting.1421Please respect copyright.PENANAWEf8iVeEKN
silence1421Please respect copyright.PENANALBYjVEdA7F
I'd like to think, that once the night sky spreads its wings and brings the dancing stars to light, and wretched, sinful Isabelle still hasn't returned home - I'd like to think that perhaps her parents might regret the words they said, might regret the palms of their hands stinging red against my face.1421Please respect copyright.PENANACTBFm1nLho
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.1421Please respect copyright.PENANAXnrLdWfAUY
A hundred days have made me older1421Please respect copyright.PENANAt8LFEdjoJF
They told me that God loves us all, and will always be with us; but now, tears streaming onto my clasped hands and down into the river, silence is the only response.1421Please respect copyright.PENANAp4W01CBiLy
A thousand lies have made me colder1421Please respect copyright.PENANA6N2HLcDbEa
They never met her. Never met Maddy. They heard her name, spoke to her parents, but they never met her, and I hate them for that, more than I hate them for the scars on my cheeks.1421Please respect copyright.PENANAI5MHIqEfs6
They just heard about her. And when they did, they forgot about Isabelle, that poor girl became me; the one they couldn't love. Their daughter was killed by a phone call.1421Please respect copyright.PENANAMDgWYqGvhJ
silence1421Please respect copyright.PENANAtY3c5myOy4
We were lying about why I was there, and we were lying side by side - lying side by side, earphones in to maintain the charade of studying - I could've lived in that moment forever. Just holding her hand in mine, knowing she was right beside me, seeing what I was seeing, hearing what I was hearing, feeling what I was feeling.1421Please respect copyright.PENANAykhfSoMQcb
Door opening.1421Please respect copyright.PENANAzzwKNID2Gh
Earphones falling.1421Please respect copyright.PENANASjAV2fQEhp
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.1421Please respect copyright.PENANAOqoY5sYUDE
Door closing.1421Please respect copyright.PENANA7DHlGb2lnM
And then Maddy's parents called mine.1421Please respect copyright.PENANAqCLXjiwpHo
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.1421Please respect copyright.PENANAjFgiZNOrcu
I lay my head down in the river, floating hair making a red halo on the surface of the water, newly sprouted reeds grasping desperately at my scalp.1421Please respect copyright.PENANAbpHXhzBEZf
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.1421Please respect copyright.PENANAxY39Z3OOq3
I slowly push off the bank with my feet, and as my ears submerge, I can hear her singing the song, the song we both loved so much -1421Please respect copyright.PENANAmxJr166CVv
A hundred days have made me older1421Please respect copyright.PENANAM1NY63W6ZI
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face1421Please respect copyright.PENANANv3PsT28BJ
A thousand lies have made me colder1421Please respect copyright.PENANAAFkWQo6QPe
And I don't think I can look at this the same1421Please respect copyright.PENANAafQCHamgzb
I can hear her singing, I can hear her, and I'm coming Maddy I'm coming -1421Please respect copyright.PENANAwIt7py1C41
You're still with me in my dreams1421Please respect copyright.PENANAqfyxqnx18p
And tonight, girl, it's only you and me1421Please respect copyright.PENANAdqjGgqxphC
silence1421Please respect copyright.PENANAi0WLVwtteu
-1421Please respect copyright.PENANAPrkqGiUje6
I'd like to think, that beyond this bristling carpet of reeds and half-hearted, long-forgotten blooms, she'll be waiting.1421Please respect copyright.PENANAsQfgsMcqvD
She'll be waiting for me.1421Please respect copyright.PENANA1bJTPBMgZV
silence1421Please respect copyright.PENANA76gSABZ2FE