Prompt: A picture of a girl with red hair and earphones427Please respect copyright.PENANAdBCaAONaDL
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I'd like to think, that beyond this bristling carpet of reeds and half-hearted, long-forgotten blooms, she'll be waiting.427Please respect copyright.PENANAMizIPE8ir6
silence427Please respect copyright.PENANAOKct73SzrL
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.427Please respect copyright.PENANAfNehDJBYZY
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.427Please respect copyright.PENANAfBJSCgp0P8
A hundred days have made me older427Please respect copyright.PENANAZ28FxGHozP
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.427Please respect copyright.PENANA9H7SiOJlYq
A thousand lies have made me colder427Please respect copyright.PENANAADnSdPrB4W
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.427Please respect copyright.PENANAsOU0IhloXm
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.427Please respect copyright.PENANAaAu4YxgNyT
silence427Please respect copyright.PENANA1bJfOyOzDv
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.427Please respect copyright.PENANAHjbd0brcLw
Door opening.427Please respect copyright.PENANAXyEiAChTit
Earphones falling.427Please respect copyright.PENANAr6fCsptAKA
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.427Please respect copyright.PENANASC1h0uejfl
Door closing.427Please respect copyright.PENANAQ3ZySmEgCp
And then Maddy's parents called mine.427Please respect copyright.PENANARzl9yaW1w1
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.427Please respect copyright.PENANAisnBgqfdSB
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.427Please respect copyright.PENANA9sUXYopErk
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.427Please respect copyright.PENANAB7Ouq4DexJ
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 -
A hundred days have made me older427Please respect copyright.PENANAZKj4rdJvDi
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face427Please respect copyright.PENANAZbYcQA4A9W
A thousand lies have made me colder427Please respect copyright.PENANA84u68Tcyto
And I don't think I can look at this the same
I can hear her singing, I can hear her, and I'm coming Maddy I'm coming -
You're still with me in my dreams427Please respect copyright.PENANAauCULLErKY
And tonight, girl, it's only you and me
silence
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I'd like to think, that beyond this bristling carpet of reeds and half-hearted, long-forgotten blooms, she'll be waiting.427Please respect copyright.PENANAE9c6NtFphn
She'll be waiting for me.
silence
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