I'd like to think, that beyond this bristling carpet of reeds and half-hearted, long-forgotten blooms, she'll be waiting.1472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH2ruuhmhtl
silence1472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzLS2UXdqK0
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.1472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzcoKM3MtU
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.1472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkTx4qODqrF
A hundred days have made me older1472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0VjyXNAgT
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.1472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbjU5n5BCb5
A thousand lies have made me colder1472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXRaXnPRwHD
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.1472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoHZ9s8hWq9
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.1472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡImMkLPgTQR
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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.1472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5nm7AvBkP
Door opening.1472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiKn5loN46o
Earphones falling.1472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2b0lzMYP3E
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.1472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFv8sBuPG5
Door closing.1472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZUHRJxZNDL
And then Maddy's parents called mine.1472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5cu7zGllz
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.1472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXl76Jg9lmG
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.1472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelnQQqdRKI
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.1472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡduR5T8nwdA
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 -1472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFu5TYJ6UP
A hundred days have made me older1472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZHbVUHcWdO
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face1472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42cxNSlzts
A thousand lies have made me colder1472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuznmTsFwqI
And I don't think I can look at this the same1472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhUJUlqtXq
I can hear her singing, I can hear her, and I'm coming Maddy I'm coming -1472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUDw5p1qiT
You're still with me in my dreams1472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpm0aXZgBSe
And tonight, girl, it's only you and me1472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpHzYGVEgu
silence1472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXvnBsQGv8
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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.1472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCCBQshJy6
She'll be waiting for me.1472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKuveYl0ebl
silence1472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM51YgT721k
