Prompt: A picture of a girl with red hair and earphones594Please respect copyright.PENANAFZRlVO5KxA
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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.594Please respect copyright.PENANAiRAHAssEzX
silence594Please respect copyright.PENANAv1IO0E2MxO
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.594Please respect copyright.PENANA4laonHd0Fx
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.594Please respect copyright.PENANAM3JjcyIjVz
A hundred days have made me older594Please respect copyright.PENANAsJCWOUdjXZ
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.594Please respect copyright.PENANA9etGFMQPNF
A thousand lies have made me colder594Please respect copyright.PENANAapaGWOD35H
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.594Please respect copyright.PENANAWDnHop0ffM
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.594Please respect copyright.PENANAVR6MoE02E8
silence594Please respect copyright.PENANAXFgkNh5mM2
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.594Please respect copyright.PENANAtmHMncMQnk
Door opening.594Please respect copyright.PENANAwtvVzKa4Yj
Earphones falling.594Please respect copyright.PENANAz8gVxImTZh
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.594Please respect copyright.PENANAu55anvViIT
Door closing.594Please respect copyright.PENANAqFip6orYf0
And then Maddy's parents called mine.594Please respect copyright.PENANAUecaWbv48K
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.594Please respect copyright.PENANANHQcQoT6TX
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.594Please respect copyright.PENANArIurztkasq
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.594Please respect copyright.PENANAYKMo1dwase
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 older594Please respect copyright.PENANAQCLfXWam2M
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face594Please respect copyright.PENANAlytJTkkvgy
A thousand lies have made me colder594Please respect copyright.PENANAO8wWhfgyIL
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 dreams594Please respect copyright.PENANAdKbDD2iQqt
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.594Please respect copyright.PENANARWwK669kmf
She'll be waiting for me.
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