Prompt: A picture of a girl with red hair and earphones650Please respect copyright.PENANA2bsMlAvkqD
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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.650Please respect copyright.PENANAEBriFNXcNm
silence650Please respect copyright.PENANAXAC0juYRmT
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.650Please respect copyright.PENANAhWyIRSn4vx
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.650Please respect copyright.PENANAVgJ2l20hTs
A hundred days have made me older650Please respect copyright.PENANAv5MiTxhoeO
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.650Please respect copyright.PENANAKloLDjVl6e
A thousand lies have made me colder650Please respect copyright.PENANAdOaYLg7mx5
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.650Please respect copyright.PENANAgM75ByA6Kp
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.650Please respect copyright.PENANAz27kbq9eLA
silence650Please respect copyright.PENANANeODOpFhMh
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.650Please respect copyright.PENANA2mmgMytk8m
Door opening.650Please respect copyright.PENANAhmzeFneMfn
Earphones falling.650Please respect copyright.PENANA1AEJ3dLaZC
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.650Please respect copyright.PENANAgD2sJy3oRi
Door closing.650Please respect copyright.PENANA0V6GhG64dE
And then Maddy's parents called mine.650Please respect copyright.PENANArtmod4YRl0
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.650Please respect copyright.PENANAmUuqdjMp6e
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.650Please respect copyright.PENANA1p6Z0HsGaX
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.650Please respect copyright.PENANAbK4OdNqcGo
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 older650Please respect copyright.PENANAaNiuBQJi15
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face650Please respect copyright.PENANAQHHj9Pb5qZ
A thousand lies have made me colder650Please respect copyright.PENANADDPn6espjy
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 dreams650Please respect copyright.PENANAEaMTaVPA2u
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.650Please respect copyright.PENANApyQOTOwmDC
She'll be waiting for me.
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