Prompt: A picture of a girl with red hair and earphones702Please respect copyright.PENANA5tUQqrAer5
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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.702Please respect copyright.PENANAohkKqJvHCg
silence702Please respect copyright.PENANAI4seZBzFiQ
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.702Please respect copyright.PENANAztC4zIZztg
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.702Please respect copyright.PENANAjxbSEzugfQ
A hundred days have made me older702Please respect copyright.PENANAscMh1hVwpa
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.702Please respect copyright.PENANAYDbqziraZx
A thousand lies have made me colder702Please respect copyright.PENANA0sVMDBT60G
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.702Please respect copyright.PENANAsDvpdMXquI
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.702Please respect copyright.PENANA5gbRn06xH6
silence702Please respect copyright.PENANA3RRMW90tRl
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.702Please respect copyright.PENANAXNbiKu89ou
Door opening.702Please respect copyright.PENANAk9qRx7I4ye
Earphones falling.702Please respect copyright.PENANA5XfrS2nUGa
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.702Please respect copyright.PENANAJSfZPv4TZa
Door closing.702Please respect copyright.PENANAuKZl18px4N
And then Maddy's parents called mine.702Please respect copyright.PENANAhCbTpfxlvS
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.702Please respect copyright.PENANAF8NzZdWjzG
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.702Please respect copyright.PENANAyGGJpo5SRs
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.702Please respect copyright.PENANAhvSkLWNU2H
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 older702Please respect copyright.PENANADBSuDxacG1
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face702Please respect copyright.PENANAP9x7JIsiJO
A thousand lies have made me colder702Please respect copyright.PENANA3XPXhEUZFL
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 dreams702Please respect copyright.PENANAz3v473ZQAt
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.702Please respect copyright.PENANAdGaT6rfrLk
She'll be waiting for me.
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