I'd like to think, that beyond this bristling carpet of reeds and half-hearted, long-forgotten blooms, she'll be waiting.1497Please respect copyright.PENANAY4WYIgIahT
silence1497Please respect copyright.PENANAdfSk1tg9xt
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.1497Please respect copyright.PENANAKqMYwLVgqK
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.1497Please respect copyright.PENANArLoQnyFpLX
A hundred days have made me older1497Please respect copyright.PENANAClZVWVO2Zj
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.1497Please respect copyright.PENANAF3Umo4o6WF
A thousand lies have made me colder1497Please respect copyright.PENANAhKlwE3I1La
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.1497Please respect copyright.PENANA7xIDno3Ne1
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.1497Please respect copyright.PENANAJXnl5weLxC
silence1497Please respect copyright.PENANADl9xho0EQ6
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.1497Please respect copyright.PENANAr8ySZbIZPq
Door opening.1497Please respect copyright.PENANAqMzF9xkmVm
Earphones falling.1497Please respect copyright.PENANAKXVpINUjMF
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.1497Please respect copyright.PENANA9wDJFvOOta
Door closing.1497Please respect copyright.PENANASquKCHUKUC
And then Maddy's parents called mine.1497Please respect copyright.PENANAQWOKdxsrnX
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.1497Please respect copyright.PENANAM7L4MxuD0B
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.1497Please respect copyright.PENANAcdExqzRbBi
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.1497Please respect copyright.PENANAMSEL0cbFZb
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 -1497Please respect copyright.PENANAYdoTpkiok3
A hundred days have made me older1497Please respect copyright.PENANASSZsvLHJGC
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face1497Please respect copyright.PENANAtDpuU0nYbN
A thousand lies have made me colder1497Please respect copyright.PENANAGI7tqYQy6h
And I don't think I can look at this the same1497Please respect copyright.PENANAcz1RlBLMye
I can hear her singing, I can hear her, and I'm coming Maddy I'm coming -1497Please respect copyright.PENANARShPxjnFy0
You're still with me in my dreams1497Please respect copyright.PENANAekX4FRr3yS
And tonight, girl, it's only you and me1497Please respect copyright.PENANAKl0ISpN5Rc
silence1497Please respect copyright.PENANA3w4dN0rxvu
-1497Please respect copyright.PENANANlJhNRXtFN
I'd like to think, that beyond this bristling carpet of reeds and half-hearted, long-forgotten blooms, she'll be waiting.1497Please respect copyright.PENANA6P4VpH5ool
She'll be waiting for me.1497Please respect copyright.PENANA0tRwkIPRPw
silence1497Please respect copyright.PENANAb7Ly485WZZ