Prompt: A picture of a girl with red hair and earphones920Please respect copyright.PENANAmCouoho75o
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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.920Please respect copyright.PENANA2KQRY2DCiO
silence920Please respect copyright.PENANAtDb7cbHFBB
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.920Please respect copyright.PENANAyAl0st86L8
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.920Please respect copyright.PENANANDoxMM7Wfi
A hundred days have made me older920Please respect copyright.PENANA0KzWiJOt5k
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.920Please respect copyright.PENANAnZDKjWBmMf
A thousand lies have made me colder920Please respect copyright.PENANAnqfHrtWFtL
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.920Please respect copyright.PENANA2u6gYln9la
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.920Please respect copyright.PENANARPNUtHVoaW
silence920Please respect copyright.PENANAoCgbCqZXno
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.920Please respect copyright.PENANA9IHP0oJQIq
Door opening.920Please respect copyright.PENANAUAV47r3lek
Earphones falling.920Please respect copyright.PENANAl7jQiy8zkV
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.920Please respect copyright.PENANAg6fZMn5M76
Door closing.920Please respect copyright.PENANAG1m8yr90nT
And then Maddy's parents called mine.920Please respect copyright.PENANApZyBH44pRL
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.920Please respect copyright.PENANAOuRt2R030l
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.920Please respect copyright.PENANAyFNdulTELV
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.920Please respect copyright.PENANAhosomXhqDg
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 older920Please respect copyright.PENANA8secSPNoAV
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face920Please respect copyright.PENANAQBDHL2rg6h
A thousand lies have made me colder920Please respect copyright.PENANA6L2H6lljdO
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 dreams920Please respect copyright.PENANAz6lSLKtN4I
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.920Please respect copyright.PENANAd3iGxwpwuA
She'll be waiting for me.
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