I'd like to think, that beyond this bristling carpet of reeds and half-hearted, long-forgotten blooms, she'll be waiting.1508Please respect copyright.PENANA2whjNaCJA5
silence1508Please respect copyright.PENANASewT5l7tVz
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.1508Please respect copyright.PENANA83wFrH7FmB
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.1508Please respect copyright.PENANAJ230xQD5wT
A hundred days have made me older1508Please respect copyright.PENANAWhebwDQEna
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.1508Please respect copyright.PENANASGEELotNdw
A thousand lies have made me colder1508Please respect copyright.PENANAjxHFgHpUvd
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.1508Please respect copyright.PENANAaPZex4WxkU
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.1508Please respect copyright.PENANAKwADKauxAD
silence1508Please respect copyright.PENANAoYPq83lFZI
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.1508Please respect copyright.PENANAHLI6ZYqsdz
Door opening.1508Please respect copyright.PENANApAbtBRNwvm
Earphones falling.1508Please respect copyright.PENANAfbS5GgUJ0k
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.1508Please respect copyright.PENANA9VrGm1Lfbe
Door closing.1508Please respect copyright.PENANAL5cVE7Hoc3
And then Maddy's parents called mine.1508Please respect copyright.PENANA29HXvhak5u
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.1508Please respect copyright.PENANAztCxbObfGL
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.1508Please respect copyright.PENANASL6KixSVCX
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.1508Please respect copyright.PENANAZh4zmAGN8j
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 -1508Please respect copyright.PENANABAywcS7hZa
A hundred days have made me older1508Please respect copyright.PENANAKx2LEas2nO
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face1508Please respect copyright.PENANAbAJz1XfsGx
A thousand lies have made me colder1508Please respect copyright.PENANAZfpCzSG1sA
And I don't think I can look at this the same1508Please respect copyright.PENANAS1Z7I4yZGx
I can hear her singing, I can hear her, and I'm coming Maddy I'm coming -1508Please respect copyright.PENANAKEljYGziol
You're still with me in my dreams1508Please respect copyright.PENANAK5KSSqsYi9
And tonight, girl, it's only you and me1508Please respect copyright.PENANA7SBbR1Imis
silence1508Please respect copyright.PENANAGK0mdeB9XX
-1508Please respect copyright.PENANA2IcKKwwksf
I'd like to think, that beyond this bristling carpet of reeds and half-hearted, long-forgotten blooms, she'll be waiting.1508Please respect copyright.PENANAujG2AoBEJp
She'll be waiting for me.1508Please respect copyright.PENANAD098gzG4hr
silence1508Please respect copyright.PENANADdKOjqL48F