Prompt: A picture of a girl with red hair and earphones561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAk1OFodFWJ
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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.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTbYnCVF2Fz
silence561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh4Mr9CdCEZ
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.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkVafgI7H6g
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3fvuxKPjSj
A hundred days have made me older561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJU6nivEAtH
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.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl08bz1zgom
A thousand lies have made me colder561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9RjUz5Cxv
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.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAbtY5zWxR
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.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6pahyQ3Oaf
silence561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIR8gywZ9AF
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.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fCFpZho89
Door opening.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMetJEzTy3o
Earphones falling.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIvXJTgdpUY
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrkjRGa5Goh
Door closing.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0LkWRdGdfg
And then Maddy's parents called mine.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlLVpLwA9cJ
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGcXJZJCz8X
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.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhvU7JjTOtR
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRRIP1kgPoT
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 older561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJckqkcGRZ
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5YZXcxwZV
A thousand lies have made me colder561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6RibVKA7uK
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 dreams561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4OnIHZMqdo
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.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCQpM93CXa
She'll be waiting for me.
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