I'd like to think, that beyond this bristling carpet of reeds and half-hearted, long-forgotten blooms, she'll be waiting.1389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbl6ujY2LMg
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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.1389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjtO2k2nhb1
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.1389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2W1HFnuwB
A hundred days have made me older1389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5pmUqOFTg
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.1389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSJ4Hr9C7j
A thousand lies have made me colder1389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnHqle6zsOB
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.1389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmi3CSr9VfY
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.1389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhfqIzenGD
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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.1389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJV9dYlnoPN
Door opening.1389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeloWTpEtNR
Earphones falling.1389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZfFKgghFC
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.1389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtmAcyNPRJn
Door closing.1389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYnIqOPo3CN
And then Maddy's parents called mine.1389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDm2lp8uaii
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.1389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2Q1oeq9Tm
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.1389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHiuY5R3ME
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.1389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzV6stR5RZ
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 -1389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAnyWhYKG35
A hundred days have made me older1389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOGX58pDYT
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face1389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfw32OdGg44
A thousand lies have made me colder1389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFyhhOGb9Aa
And I don't think I can look at this the same1389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ckjT9NjYl
I can hear her singing, I can hear her, and I'm coming Maddy I'm coming -1389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWsDWH5p6wk
You're still with me in my dreams1389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKWfXt9NSN
And tonight, girl, it's only you and me1389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2DO5gLR57w
silence1389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoTri3Itamn
-1389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNqj2MqAtPj
I'd like to think, that beyond this bristling carpet of reeds and half-hearted, long-forgotten blooms, she'll be waiting.1389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8C07VqdEcA
She'll be waiting for me.1389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRpWSEmVef
silence1389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZlXjm3KR6m
