Prompt: A picture of a girl with red hair and earphones631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv0jGGRfb8b
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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.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8cruH7srs6
silence631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJaGlLp9mI
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.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFDzNeuO4C
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCd0yvizVTH
A hundred days have made me older631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7kZ9OmjHA
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.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAcvwVerZub
A thousand lies have made me colder631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOPsOGyKPas
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.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOQ0ctEw9w
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.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXTsOh1fzsU
silence631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLgd6xD1cH
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.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPFNyx1uM8
Door opening.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfGSloBloU
Earphones falling.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURg2t6O6Oq
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZGG9FVWZl
Door closing.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz5pR73qVeW
And then Maddy's parents called mine.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrJSlR7HVE
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLxnzIzVjF2
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.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKNa3wBmVYw
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zGlE09h6K
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 older631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBX80eHl1Pg
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe8TtAxKvbh
A thousand lies have made me colder631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhPDyEugGYe
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 dreams631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU8Uxqgv1in
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.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVHrIVSrEDE
She'll be waiting for me.
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