Prompt: A picture of a girl with red hair and earphones652Please respect copyright.PENANARLowevdKJa
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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.652Please respect copyright.PENANAASpjn5Zq1h
silence652Please respect copyright.PENANAsDq8JNF67V
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.652Please respect copyright.PENANAJhppJ5FJ9u
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.652Please respect copyright.PENANALyooejDkBF
A hundred days have made me older652Please respect copyright.PENANA2ZncL4HMZF
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.652Please respect copyright.PENANA0WiCtFe1S7
A thousand lies have made me colder652Please respect copyright.PENANAOHrjZ3ELOS
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.652Please respect copyright.PENANAAOJnqztgDt
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.652Please respect copyright.PENANAAok8rRt9d0
silence652Please respect copyright.PENANAziwgarulJO
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.652Please respect copyright.PENANACCiMDHWCOw
Door opening.652Please respect copyright.PENANAhjvXvZBUeF
Earphones falling.652Please respect copyright.PENANA2lTxj4RNoA
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.652Please respect copyright.PENANAfzmqB5IADW
Door closing.652Please respect copyright.PENANAyDETfBP32l
And then Maddy's parents called mine.652Please respect copyright.PENANAhHthNyLSEi
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.652Please respect copyright.PENANAc6ns6nafPn
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.652Please respect copyright.PENANAARq4Tew6WU
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.652Please respect copyright.PENANAYqeIXdb5tu
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 older652Please respect copyright.PENANAZLvFPBt8YM
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face652Please respect copyright.PENANAhbw1zoZfJo
A thousand lies have made me colder652Please respect copyright.PENANAEqt05lPDT0
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 dreams652Please respect copyright.PENANAnWb0vPd2pL
And tonight, girl, it's only you and me
silence
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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.652Please respect copyright.PENANACQNzZGIhZ9
She'll be waiting for me.
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