Prompt: A picture of a girl with red hair and earphones660Please respect copyright.PENANA4XWXq1GNcg
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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.660Please respect copyright.PENANA6WsG9lSLTg
silence660Please respect copyright.PENANAzMA1fION0K
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.660Please respect copyright.PENANAh9hCErnyNE
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.660Please respect copyright.PENANAgcuDIJRVpc
A hundred days have made me older660Please respect copyright.PENANAt5PAGTw0y9
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.660Please respect copyright.PENANA1v6Ff8w1z3
A thousand lies have made me colder660Please respect copyright.PENANAlu0PMPVFqK
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.660Please respect copyright.PENANAL1B1VFg0KR
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.660Please respect copyright.PENANAgFWs8czueN
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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.660Please respect copyright.PENANAZU8vbZZdi1
Door opening.660Please respect copyright.PENANAZQsv1ZMlp3
Earphones falling.660Please respect copyright.PENANA6SJtDpPQHc
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.660Please respect copyright.PENANA7VR7iZiEr1
Door closing.660Please respect copyright.PENANAeiQTyOrqdX
And then Maddy's parents called mine.660Please respect copyright.PENANALaCT6H1PfQ
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.660Please respect copyright.PENANAL25fXL8yBj
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.660Please respect copyright.PENANAo4QbKkCGbN
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.660Please respect copyright.PENANA9mwKdKlSDo
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 older660Please respect copyright.PENANAtUCxR9dzFJ
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face660Please respect copyright.PENANAF9p7S79CZJ
A thousand lies have made me colder660Please respect copyright.PENANAHNLigCH0U5
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 dreams660Please respect copyright.PENANAYdP7YXlSkU
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.660Please respect copyright.PENANA1KjRogWhYN
She'll be waiting for me.
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