I'd like to think, that beyond this bristling carpet of reeds and half-hearted, long-forgotten blooms, she'll be waiting.1509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDNdPkG5Oac
silence1509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQlh19B9Och
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.1509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJOym2Qbn0
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.1509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKLcbfcXXhw
A hundred days have made me older1509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1rd0u5Z6sx
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.1509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qIy0VaAuw
A thousand lies have made me colder1509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfaozRJBOau
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.1509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ99QYmJ0FWI
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.1509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ16eRPa5Kq9
silence1509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6AukFARiG2
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.1509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZLBlCoGAV4
Door opening.1509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡstQ5GlrV0D
Earphones falling.1509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhS4cVt1wGr
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.1509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnc4FoemBGr
Door closing.1509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJUWCxOWKKf
And then Maddy's parents called mine.1509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8NxN6CxXy
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.1509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAMMz0iMs2o
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.1509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5dv1RllEYt
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.1509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaGEtEIYcx0
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 -1509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZ9IW0UMSw
A hundred days have made me older1509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWvET1cajhi
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face1509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWdV2qdzZt
A thousand lies have made me colder1509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4gMSZD1ck1
And I don't think I can look at this the same1509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Qe6JXNa9Q
I can hear her singing, I can hear her, and I'm coming Maddy I'm coming -1509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAd4unvGDCF
You're still with me in my dreams1509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP6RkMkCjAr
And tonight, girl, it's only you and me1509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJU7bsqr0O
silence1509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg6axDwEEMU
-1509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjQFGHwYyp
I'd like to think, that beyond this bristling carpet of reeds and half-hearted, long-forgotten blooms, she'll be waiting.1509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29PhZepwut
She'll be waiting for me.1509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIyXjSlmRa6
silence1509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyNX9TRTwUT
