Prompt: A picture of a girl with red hair and earphones682Please respect copyright.PENANA3wJF06Hj1p
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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.682Please respect copyright.PENANAvJo6x96Gov
silence682Please respect copyright.PENANAuAKv7oMFnu
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.682Please respect copyright.PENANAy3Lobq16ku
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.682Please respect copyright.PENANAZoqwJd5jeR
A hundred days have made me older682Please respect copyright.PENANABhhCAzkJyz
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.682Please respect copyright.PENANALKJdvFjLU2
A thousand lies have made me colder682Please respect copyright.PENANA9hoRyNtJhh
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.682Please respect copyright.PENANAgSwkE30TDm
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.682Please respect copyright.PENANALI4ZlBLGb7
silence682Please respect copyright.PENANAEXhNeh14Qq
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.682Please respect copyright.PENANAWX9UVEOowX
Door opening.682Please respect copyright.PENANAHfKZO5gAv4
Earphones falling.682Please respect copyright.PENANAxs30bLWgSc
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.682Please respect copyright.PENANA4ujLPLkW3D
Door closing.682Please respect copyright.PENANAW3UrpxPxaW
And then Maddy's parents called mine.682Please respect copyright.PENANAn25vTittN6
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.682Please respect copyright.PENANACPCqTNI50w
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.682Please respect copyright.PENANA0yUEYPV281
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.682Please respect copyright.PENANACrXcrLHPi9
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 older682Please respect copyright.PENANAg1ZSA6w2Z2
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face682Please respect copyright.PENANAnJmHAEVOBD
A thousand lies have made me colder682Please respect copyright.PENANAGyO5DqljGP
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 dreams682Please respect copyright.PENANAndLB5bye4d
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.682Please respect copyright.PENANA45IllhF3Zi
She'll be waiting for me.
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