Prompt: A picture of a girl with red hair and earphones585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIyLH4NA6nt
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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.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCaUpI3xpzO
silence585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdRmYp68WS
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.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9BvLyxqJF
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5paPmxGaSO
A hundred days have made me older585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTbQrZ0rNo
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.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3xZe1A9R5j
A thousand lies have made me colder585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYZk0y2r7A
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.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBasY7piXxa
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.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUAlISidEHd
silence585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ZOH8YmM8O
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.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ02fg9JLPNx
Door opening.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlGhXixlxQK
Earphones falling.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQ9aq7P2sv
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXVEbt31nD
Door closing.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmD55590TTG
And then Maddy's parents called mine.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEwKeIgB6uw
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVkr7FPEqWc
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.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71ZEk4csaR
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMTdvUN08i
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 older585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNriq9PnG1F
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVK0nOwjBc
A thousand lies have made me colder585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVYWWg1Npta
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 dreams585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpc2pZwf1T
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.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSU1RA060q0
She'll be waiting for me.
silence
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