Prompt: A picture of a girl with red hair and earphones630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktB1oApX3Y
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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.630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4qROWQ3I1
silence630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0PbiUXFy1c
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.630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPj0rJAeSEB
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5csbdPotIr
A hundred days have made me older630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8oob7q5qb1
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.630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9aFDCiFYK7
A thousand lies have made me colder630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFisQ3ojMmv
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.630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdSGctiZ6UX
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.630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡna5IVW0iRd
silence630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7byLMl0o8L
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.630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwdbbuLgOd5
Door opening.630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvfXv5f9R4P
Earphones falling.630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPF2M42Z0NC
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFdQQOOt6P
Door closing.630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrEbI0gS0Ro
And then Maddy's parents called mine.630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB1e1GE67d6
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ZBQJFcZUJ
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.630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8zPPehYTs
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpriOGc7bh
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 older630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJKGcjvDez
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1tC8xS64P1
A thousand lies have made me colder630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEb6Z1Wg7ss
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 dreams630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEh2O28NbyU
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.630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPjOFS8Cx6Y
She'll be waiting for me.
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