Prompt: A picture of a girl with red hair and earphones677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYgDlk9tNgd
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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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj6TiY6gYxo
silence677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvRcZc6fxOC
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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ62jWouPrar
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qn8lRlnoV
A hundred days have made me older677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP6uA32YenO
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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH6hyAEN2aS
A thousand lies have made me colder677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4kTTsusJv
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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8kKr5yybcd
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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrKuswtsQ2j
silence677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ80XY0gCRev
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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7s67XA0o42
Door opening.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡctzN4e9yUU
Earphones falling.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5aMJ60mTZB
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUnIjQZNOQE
Door closing.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoxNirWahIV
And then Maddy's parents called mine.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXWGCVhX6fo
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09eJr8mVFd
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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwbSaDXT3lq
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvS2dWRieY
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 older677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq5t2RnsIWq
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMZQ87sMd1y
A thousand lies have made me colder677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUlGfqs2Bon
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 dreams677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0MYifb8M2H
And tonight, girl, it's only you and me
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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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9pfzYyLgqL
She'll be waiting for me.
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