I'd like to think, that beyond this bristling carpet of reeds and half-hearted, long-forgotten blooms, she'll be waiting.405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsASwA6F6b
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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.405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡszI5lhY4kx
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3j0Dbxeick
A hundred days have made me older405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtoWWUNj3l7
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.405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPOGyT2QR7a
A thousand lies have made me colder405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpatpOFW2X9
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.405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmrxinr5Hvq
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.405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPlfwT8yJ0F
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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.405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV3qtlOVrwr
Door opening.405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSmM7SFgrpg
Earphones falling.405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7jGXGvCIhi
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdl9HHYD8v
Door closing.405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41RQ8KwobV
And then Maddy's parents called mine.405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFielgVQSE8
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbnmxw4evHn
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.405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0MoRCxB9VN
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5A5kWmfNeT
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 -405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVphiWNmbj4
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A hundred days have made me older405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyjQXbtvNCr
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAI2G2Y2hLh
A thousand lies have made me colder405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHGsZDgmOz
And I don't think I can look at this the same405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqnTgl4KQRn
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I can hear her singing, I can hear her, and I'm coming Maddy I'm coming -405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhs5k87ibo3
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You're still with me in my dreams405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsAK92KMj6B
And tonight, girl, it's only you and me405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTwZMNlQxcI
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silence405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVua0Oj86ux
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-405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaX7U6aFTtL
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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.405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvmiv95QZD2
She'll be waiting for me.405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIywTzkcHqH
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silence405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeBEmvLwbE0
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