Prompt: A picture of a girl with red hair and earphones678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxG0EghQfqU
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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.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe8jFyJE1zJ
silence678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1Ap0Cl4pe
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.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQNiYcDqTc
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07ZEOg1NKK
A hundred days have made me older678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT170Ltayu4
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.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3M0p3B27am
A thousand lies have made me colder678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKkuhzBtdV
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.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt7fjadkVjR
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.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRkHhqHN4gp
silence678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSjdaeOIFh
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.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKC6vPSIlUg
Door opening.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgRJz7UUCUb
Earphones falling.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1BzEzhGIOm
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJTRRUrXXk
Door closing.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKNOBTU0mSL
And then Maddy's parents called mine.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNlOKrdmhK
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhLRMu7GrT
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.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9dv38JuZyo
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5OygPgSuUw
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 older678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNue54OLzF4
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj9PsujMDrW
A thousand lies have made me colder678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡodB8o3LCqh
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 dreams678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiIWFD3xzB3
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.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmYisXs7Wk
She'll be waiting for me.
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