Prompt: A picture of a girl with red hair and earphones529Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvueABid0g
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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.529Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡezhppCl7nh
silence529Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoRwrLh79tx
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.529Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3PWzDN3Qt
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.529Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgfuF1PWBPR
A hundred days have made me older529Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJaPxUqjVRb
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.529Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3CUuhldgcA
A thousand lies have made me colder529Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgDlxwnMhw7
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.529Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjBJz9VznqE
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.529Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN60uQepWky
silence529Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBFzF0RaUUJ
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.529Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgYDYoyh4Zm
Door opening.529Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQiJnNWz2YV
Earphones falling.529Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvxB8Rl133
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.529Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbw6KsCXMC
Door closing.529Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡORiKY1Yvw5
And then Maddy's parents called mine.529Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb65w9ST8WD
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.529Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4Lql0MP3h
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.529Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZpvVoRHggp
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.529Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB5oOWdhgaM
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 older529Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwsGuCWYDc
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face529Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXflcM4xdq
A thousand lies have made me colder529Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡieFZnEQsU2
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 dreams529Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXBVmMHIRY
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.529Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmv2jiv2ZJG
She'll be waiting for me.
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