I'd like to think, that beyond this bristling carpet of reeds and half-hearted, long-forgotten blooms, she'll be waiting.1507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtWWaazPDk9
silence1507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL82Ca301hg
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.1507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLlUBxxMOno
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.1507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQKa7ciVWZ
A hundred days have made me older1507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXalwUBZ36j
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.1507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7baHsHFn8
A thousand lies have made me colder1507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtcepcvgdTs
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.1507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNPvfC0pFd
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.1507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡylqXlx0Gd6
silence1507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiTUzVSXutb
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.1507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2zv9dARsnQ
Door opening.1507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4E5Rma6dm5
Earphones falling.1507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmncWHItcDM
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.1507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjFi2z4bAWM
Door closing.1507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Qv7hANxwa
And then Maddy's parents called mine.1507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgAJSBZPBiP
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.1507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ99rEzDVyVT
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.1507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbpfdOfHdAY
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.1507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHk1gV9bsd
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 -1507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdISAV2I2hD
A hundred days have made me older1507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgos37sPmM0
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face1507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz00258allU
A thousand lies have made me colder1507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIbngTOg1x3
And I don't think I can look at this the same1507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNAJIOOzcys
I can hear her singing, I can hear her, and I'm coming Maddy I'm coming -1507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgrmiqCsup4
You're still with me in my dreams1507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprtwLdDWAW
And tonight, girl, it's only you and me1507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTggenraN7c
silence1507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiN6l1q1Gg9
-1507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHTM4cezTD
I'd like to think, that beyond this bristling carpet of reeds and half-hearted, long-forgotten blooms, she'll be waiting.1507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7r6rgoepj
She'll be waiting for me.1507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3KXYCCasGr
silence1507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhgXciADjuy
