I'd like to think, that beyond this bristling carpet of reeds and half-hearted, long-forgotten blooms, she'll be waiting.1489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6M9J7zONBJ
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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.1489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeW4Ht51toY
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.1489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogiK9uEGcw
A hundred days have made me older1489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9mlXxpcEgX
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.1489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwztGWmVuOJ
A thousand lies have made me colder1489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9JgdAktAE4
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.1489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2IEIeQOxfD
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.1489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBRIaaB1AK
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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.1489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhXZm5dnHmh
Door opening.1489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiCrpQYTmNg
Earphones falling.1489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡleUJEwRNDw
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.1489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh825TC8CYy
Door closing.1489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGAKfBRB1z
And then Maddy's parents called mine.1489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVtxAMmdXiH
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.1489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4fywYOoeD
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.1489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1p00ivHSTG
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.1489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGcZmNMj4g
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 -1489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1OBsYU6clD
A hundred days have made me older1489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ipT5lpUa7
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face1489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4sIJYvWWx2
A thousand lies have made me colder1489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0HkA5gPZOc
And I don't think I can look at this the same1489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl4YvJYQEv0
I can hear her singing, I can hear her, and I'm coming Maddy I'm coming -1489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmf0PS7nKKx
You're still with me in my dreams1489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzAaFAH88Yc
And tonight, girl, it's only you and me1489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqsg1ZulPmT
silence1489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl4A6RhdCEk
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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.1489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQ5LVHJ39T
She'll be waiting for me.1489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNV9HfEqhcZ
silence1489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3vszchawVu
