Prompt: A picture of a girl with red hair and earphones597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlsP0IAephG
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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.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDzyf02AyNF
silence597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ24UVEPbD2n
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.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ92t2B3jnt9
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcV2Sk0vy66
A hundred days have made me older597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsrQYl3ZNDM
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.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt9l5NhGlN0
A thousand lies have made me colder597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4EE7ICDDn
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.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmS14Ziu3o1
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.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUivCPePM10
silence597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUdd3x8gCv
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.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZYSNqWE22Y
Door opening.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFwGKe2RxSv
Earphones falling.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoPSySRPQa7
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhirMIJ99Cr
Door closing.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXBnkh15CBP
And then Maddy's parents called mine.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppxELYNUi8
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivkLpyUBfV
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.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGHlDWzfOas
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZP5ygItbB3
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 older597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQc796Wvh7Q
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaXv5tnNKEA
A thousand lies have made me colder597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNhtLVvvVvU
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 dreams597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWu2ACtmIc
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.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIUphYubFb
She'll be waiting for me.
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