Prompt: A picture of a girl with red hair and earphones720Please respect copyright.PENANAn1HeStA0W6
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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.720Please respect copyright.PENANACEezDmvRgm
silence720Please respect copyright.PENANAupxrXHYFA8
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.720Please respect copyright.PENANAmtFge8Ytgk
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.720Please respect copyright.PENANANMD4HkHJEq
A hundred days have made me older720Please respect copyright.PENANA6BjvRPSenA
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.720Please respect copyright.PENANA55XYKab5Lh
A thousand lies have made me colder720Please respect copyright.PENANAmL4eEoWhFg
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.720Please respect copyright.PENANAj67V7aOr5d
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.720Please respect copyright.PENANAWJ653CTwdW
silence720Please respect copyright.PENANAD4uiTR04RX
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.720Please respect copyright.PENANApKZ8mDCc6G
Door opening.720Please respect copyright.PENANAT10T09jRsl
Earphones falling.720Please respect copyright.PENANAMiVADEXsuA
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.720Please respect copyright.PENANArtkmLXLrni
Door closing.720Please respect copyright.PENANAG2vAzCaucv
And then Maddy's parents called mine.720Please respect copyright.PENANANxHftVMzBL
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.720Please respect copyright.PENANAPPPLxqQUNf
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.720Please respect copyright.PENANAE2xMr6fiYW
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.720Please respect copyright.PENANAmVkof2DTF3
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 older720Please respect copyright.PENANAL4PuxtRDnC
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face720Please respect copyright.PENANARJBR5GHXHY
A thousand lies have made me colder720Please respect copyright.PENANA7SF3985LBw
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 dreams720Please respect copyright.PENANACxvIbvOZt8
And tonight, girl, it's only you and me
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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.720Please respect copyright.PENANAKudd3fhgKz
She'll be waiting for me.
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