I'd like to think, that beyond this bristling carpet of reeds and half-hearted, long-forgotten blooms, she'll be waiting.1105Please respect copyright.PENANA2My40ub0HK
silence1105Please respect copyright.PENANA9zHbkNRh29
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.1105Please respect copyright.PENANABXJIlqRpwW
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.1105Please respect copyright.PENANA6Y68cvh2mB
A hundred days have made me older1105Please respect copyright.PENANAIubylL1AxT
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.1105Please respect copyright.PENANAiiyvV5lXW0
A thousand lies have made me colder1105Please respect copyright.PENANASSBY2kNlK9
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.1105Please respect copyright.PENANAmjYlmLemCH
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.1105Please respect copyright.PENANAw3gbbextsn
silence1105Please respect copyright.PENANAaSsLkgPZnf
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.1105Please respect copyright.PENANAOktcEY1RKe
Door opening.1105Please respect copyright.PENANAPI2W3QTOC3
Earphones falling.1105Please respect copyright.PENANA4w8PzQ2ET7
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.1105Please respect copyright.PENANA18Nkv3qugb
Door closing.1105Please respect copyright.PENANAQk6BLny4w8
And then Maddy's parents called mine.1105Please respect copyright.PENANAr5PnEKJ07y
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.1105Please respect copyright.PENANA1D0PwpUT2F
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.1105Please respect copyright.PENANAWDrjPMFLOH
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.1105Please respect copyright.PENANATuPVf6HD7e
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 -1105Please respect copyright.PENANATPtWoxQdOu
A hundred days have made me older1105Please respect copyright.PENANAnr1Utkaecs
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face1105Please respect copyright.PENANABAmWPoWEmC
A thousand lies have made me colder1105Please respect copyright.PENANAnYM2QUuNFo
And I don't think I can look at this the same1105Please respect copyright.PENANAwonvR15LDo
I can hear her singing, I can hear her, and I'm coming Maddy I'm coming -1105Please respect copyright.PENANASWOBpr8xwx
You're still with me in my dreams1105Please respect copyright.PENANAdLptOTegwz
And tonight, girl, it's only you and me1105Please respect copyright.PENANAR29cvG2V3O
silence1105Please respect copyright.PENANALPgN8ErXlW
-1105Please respect copyright.PENANAds6TzaQiUN
I'd like to think, that beyond this bristling carpet of reeds and half-hearted, long-forgotten blooms, she'll be waiting.1105Please respect copyright.PENANAksQrLZJabR
She'll be waiting for me.1105Please respect copyright.PENANANSUMVQGLMc
silence1105Please respect copyright.PENANADrRWkqG65j