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
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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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