I'd like to think, that beyond this bristling carpet of reeds and half-hearted, long-forgotten blooms, she'll be waiting.1482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjNTqW3aEwY
silence1482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4SR3SLbYOg
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.1482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9TJiZpYX6
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.1482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJ3M7jKhFo
A hundred days have made me older1482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuAug0hhjQ0
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.1482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjjQAs6TaAz
A thousand lies have made me colder1482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNcEhbOZM6t
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.1482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvMNKlzRfev
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.1482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFuHcwYwF8Z
silence1482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYyL9iCVyKE
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.1482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡieUfIAgSwv
Door opening.1482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡciIXTfajOh
Earphones falling.1482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0TlPucdKT
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.1482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtmxh6wMqyo
Door closing.1482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk9BniKEInB
And then Maddy's parents called mine.1482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjtY7yVGk4
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.1482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV3zSiKDD3l
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.1482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4CiozO6HH4
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.1482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGzFQlUbtA7
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 -1482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjapFyNFKv
A hundred days have made me older1482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUNFNTV0k4I
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face1482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlSjijQ5n4
A thousand lies have made me colder1482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjBhZcaejnI
And I don't think I can look at this the same1482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm27W2GbouF
I can hear her singing, I can hear her, and I'm coming Maddy I'm coming -1482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Y67cU7nds
You're still with me in my dreams1482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1yMT4C3vr
And tonight, girl, it's only you and me1482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmdpzzyMTFH
silence1482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAmzl9Gwv1i
-1482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGNv2tXwTvp
I'd like to think, that beyond this bristling carpet of reeds and half-hearted, long-forgotten blooms, she'll be waiting.1482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XyWsOyW8I
She'll be waiting for me.1482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZCRbIlORz
silence1482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKswSmLi5XA
