I'd like to think, that beyond this bristling carpet of reeds and half-hearted, long-forgotten blooms, she'll be waiting.1230Please respect copyright.PENANAbAuF4vm2Km
silence1230Please respect copyright.PENANAMAqFDj1mRv
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.1230Please respect copyright.PENANAOazkWbOw2c
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.1230Please respect copyright.PENANAX7pRJBErqA
A hundred days have made me older1230Please respect copyright.PENANArAaD13rnio
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.1230Please respect copyright.PENANAfVOKM2Nmef
A thousand lies have made me colder1230Please respect copyright.PENANAPPHsL7kaZh
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.1230Please respect copyright.PENANAkLUivh7OAO
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.1230Please respect copyright.PENANAhbxhDRCmU0
silence1230Please respect copyright.PENANAU3kwYAY9bM
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.1230Please respect copyright.PENANAfipuROKfxF
Door opening.1230Please respect copyright.PENANAKla4A8VyYO
Earphones falling.1230Please respect copyright.PENANAl2aqTCzUyt
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.1230Please respect copyright.PENANAXdGH7aJUm2
Door closing.1230Please respect copyright.PENANAROlX76wIwd
And then Maddy's parents called mine.1230Please respect copyright.PENANAdecD1flJWD
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.1230Please respect copyright.PENANAmYZBBtRxtx
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.1230Please respect copyright.PENANABk6bRJLLc3
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.1230Please respect copyright.PENANAak6kMHlPa1
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 -1230Please respect copyright.PENANAEJj2i4HxEb
A hundred days have made me older1230Please respect copyright.PENANAX7uvlQr6JB
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face1230Please respect copyright.PENANA3Eoz0jM0m2
A thousand lies have made me colder1230Please respect copyright.PENANAV38M1FwWnu
And I don't think I can look at this the same1230Please respect copyright.PENANAG3NX9RRnqm
I can hear her singing, I can hear her, and I'm coming Maddy I'm coming -1230Please respect copyright.PENANAAp6vEArZSC
You're still with me in my dreams1230Please respect copyright.PENANAcWLgjsPyOX
And tonight, girl, it's only you and me1230Please respect copyright.PENANApeZOX1skNF
silence1230Please respect copyright.PENANAasCCyhsmg2
-1230Please respect copyright.PENANALFwhCRtt3K
I'd like to think, that beyond this bristling carpet of reeds and half-hearted, long-forgotten blooms, she'll be waiting.1230Please respect copyright.PENANA3wxzwmjOFz
She'll be waiting for me.1230Please respect copyright.PENANAQ3O21Nr9CD
silence1230Please respect copyright.PENANABpswm0pqfM