Prompt: A picture of a girl with red hair and earphones659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZk2l8S5cBH
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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.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvW6NoY4y1E
silence659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTBgrwewMF
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.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTzPM3O4el
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVuQ68PoUOH
A hundred days have made me older659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5u5xP1V8M
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.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxDswsZxfRv
A thousand lies have made me colder659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYVlysSoI5R
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.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPRWm4dHfa
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.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3CHKWvs470
silence659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZfxK3uW5h
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.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHL1ZC3gXzj
Door opening.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBix2ZdqJKe
Earphones falling.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO73sNqU4mh
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9VSTtobvU
Door closing.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOOk8RbNvlr
And then Maddy's parents called mine.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6QkoMZP4v
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz9r1Gx9tTK
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.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5T0j1Af16f
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCnm1GTgD3p
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 older659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9cRqe7eZfS
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb9ABzFa1kH
A thousand lies have made me colder659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXBPRe7WWxm
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 dreams659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMiaDVdeZnB
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.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSNe6KAM6f
She'll be waiting for me.
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