Prompt: A picture of a girl with red hair and earphones714Please respect copyright.PENANAobZUxSCP6o
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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.714Please respect copyright.PENANA0Gf4dLfzV1
silence714Please respect copyright.PENANA8VS98MR4GF
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.714Please respect copyright.PENANAWXrrsYjZBq
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.714Please respect copyright.PENANAo6bnFa8woT
A hundred days have made me older714Please respect copyright.PENANAYYuUteY8tb
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.714Please respect copyright.PENANAzkLPa4IWTk
A thousand lies have made me colder714Please respect copyright.PENANAk5gokuTTGj
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.714Please respect copyright.PENANAbzTNcRV0XT
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.714Please respect copyright.PENANA5NOHmfPfJc
silence714Please respect copyright.PENANAX9nbONBhOu
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.714Please respect copyright.PENANAsjbDIQ38nY
Door opening.714Please respect copyright.PENANAkHQVwlbKgY
Earphones falling.714Please respect copyright.PENANA1hYuxHx875
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.714Please respect copyright.PENANARFLND3WwmU
Door closing.714Please respect copyright.PENANASQPIKt0DFk
And then Maddy's parents called mine.714Please respect copyright.PENANAoakjGifDea
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.714Please respect copyright.PENANA6XxCEhrW5r
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.714Please respect copyright.PENANAvX1suX23en
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.714Please respect copyright.PENANAK5Vi3X3BEG
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 older714Please respect copyright.PENANAY7HgkWjIAT
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face714Please respect copyright.PENANAAogLmP8L5h
A thousand lies have made me colder714Please respect copyright.PENANApDNl6cmpmO
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 dreams714Please respect copyright.PENANA61LZLatgWD
And tonight, girl, it's only you and me
silence
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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.714Please respect copyright.PENANAaffgmb0loV
She'll be waiting for me.
silence
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