Prompt: A picture of a girl with red hair and earphones421Please respect copyright.PENANAXmUvoZBi0v
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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.421Please respect copyright.PENANAuTwoR9v8wX
silence421Please respect copyright.PENANAjGhCyPm7q3
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.421Please respect copyright.PENANAoTZepVHK4v
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.421Please respect copyright.PENANAFthEtJ0rph
A hundred days have made me older421Please respect copyright.PENANATxN5NU6EC4
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.421Please respect copyright.PENANAxCcP5TmMnz
A thousand lies have made me colder421Please respect copyright.PENANASMl4q63W1N
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.421Please respect copyright.PENANASp3bt7fNIM
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.421Please respect copyright.PENANAZbi1p0U6vu
silence421Please respect copyright.PENANA1cWSBH2mU4
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.421Please respect copyright.PENANAeEh6OOaJGf
Door opening.421Please respect copyright.PENANAkKMN8Bkspn
Earphones falling.421Please respect copyright.PENANAzjxcXgF7tk
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.421Please respect copyright.PENANA3hb3RlzHvP
Door closing.421Please respect copyright.PENANAmB3JfkXs7S
And then Maddy's parents called mine.421Please respect copyright.PENANATDDwEC5nMk
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.421Please respect copyright.PENANALw9QqfAL1K
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.421Please respect copyright.PENANAfqAWNbwLTJ
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.421Please respect copyright.PENANAiXrTeriMHU
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 older421Please respect copyright.PENANABO3AbzdfwJ
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face421Please respect copyright.PENANAHA773O2yUJ
A thousand lies have made me colder421Please respect copyright.PENANAnTXTM6H171
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 dreams421Please respect copyright.PENANAk0AdbVTjhA
And tonight, girl, it's only you and me
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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.421Please respect copyright.PENANAdK1FLCTdtQ
She'll be waiting for me.
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