Prompt: A picture of a girl with red hair and earphones636Please respect copyright.PENANAsVlTLCHPOR
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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.636Please respect copyright.PENANA6bXjmXAxHh
silence636Please respect copyright.PENANAE8eT66MSfu
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.636Please respect copyright.PENANAJnbPl7WAII
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.636Please respect copyright.PENANAIKnR1GYgzK
A hundred days have made me older636Please respect copyright.PENANA7CiNJDF6vt
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.636Please respect copyright.PENANAjTCJ1zYrFM
A thousand lies have made me colder636Please respect copyright.PENANAeF0B3kgvvT
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.636Please respect copyright.PENANApnbYYUDdNJ
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.636Please respect copyright.PENANAQfhQitItn7
silence636Please respect copyright.PENANALn9JspfZvU
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.636Please respect copyright.PENANAxm17hPp01W
Door opening.636Please respect copyright.PENANAaRA3q9srzh
Earphones falling.636Please respect copyright.PENANAwZqMHlaH5s
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.636Please respect copyright.PENANAKl0MUD8Yag
Door closing.636Please respect copyright.PENANA4mqCD45AtE
And then Maddy's parents called mine.636Please respect copyright.PENANApTuTTX9Xh1
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.636Please respect copyright.PENANAWrxYkZatBh
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.636Please respect copyright.PENANAfTEziBy7bu
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.636Please respect copyright.PENANAX7EmTHZAbn
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 older636Please respect copyright.PENANAAvPKvEPsKb
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face636Please respect copyright.PENANAw5HDxxDqpc
A thousand lies have made me colder636Please respect copyright.PENANAWIex2EnOUY
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 dreams636Please respect copyright.PENANA2YvH2zukqa
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.636Please respect copyright.PENANAWwDWAUeZ08
She'll be waiting for me.
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