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
