Prompt: A picture of a girl with red hair and earphones599Please respect copyright.PENANAbVzweuVJ4Z
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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.599Please respect copyright.PENANAG3r3DhUb3B
silence599Please respect copyright.PENANAUyR8uCTkwD
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.599Please respect copyright.PENANAeagDJF5bha
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.599Please respect copyright.PENANAXqy9kZ3Gxm
A hundred days have made me older599Please respect copyright.PENANA7ZDzVYz7Im
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.599Please respect copyright.PENANAFm3kodRaN0
A thousand lies have made me colder599Please respect copyright.PENANAH7egBbFekI
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.599Please respect copyright.PENANA5YuxbwzQ6W
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.599Please respect copyright.PENANANhsN7SWutm
silence599Please respect copyright.PENANASudbP115TV
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.599Please respect copyright.PENANAfVmQzGEbmO
Door opening.599Please respect copyright.PENANAOfWu1mIwpC
Earphones falling.599Please respect copyright.PENANAlKFI02Xx35
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.599Please respect copyright.PENANAnIbH8CP5i3
Door closing.599Please respect copyright.PENANAHhoxOtEQH9
And then Maddy's parents called mine.599Please respect copyright.PENANA7vWTQWhtDg
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.599Please respect copyright.PENANA2ZtOoYucXS
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.599Please respect copyright.PENANARvzmvR6fKL
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.599Please respect copyright.PENANAKcrgH7QD2N
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 older599Please respect copyright.PENANAAnr72SjvsB
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face599Please respect copyright.PENANAaPbJKw26g8
A thousand lies have made me colder599Please respect copyright.PENANA4wfsZ5xjCN
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 dreams599Please respect copyright.PENANAFvKOZyUoLB
And tonight, girl, it's only you and me
silence
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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.599Please respect copyright.PENANAYQSdzulFNr
She'll be waiting for me.
silence
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