I'd like to think, that beyond this bristling carpet of reeds and half-hearted, long-forgotten blooms, she'll be waiting.1480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7O4PbfT3fD
silence1480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQgVuupucS
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.1480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtsQc5r6iy
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.1480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ15EQhknZ7K
A hundred days have made me older1480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpb7MtCsndO
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.1480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYx1UJzucRt
A thousand lies have made me colder1480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUPdaOBLcV5
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.1480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCJRTdIprS
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.1480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJCK8cDyWG
silence1480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCTQHI0nhrV
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.1480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmOOCySxk5
Door opening.1480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTuiozcoKR
Earphones falling.1480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVNtRltVLd
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.1480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtORy38G7MB
Door closing.1480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTDfdKfcvR7
And then Maddy's parents called mine.1480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQ7RpKhDhT
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.1480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41QPHYgUfw
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.1480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkniUQrGqw4
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.1480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrNVtYxuHo
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 -1480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKj95kje2lA
A hundred days have made me older1480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy5BYJmHyMk
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face1480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2RuUpFjkF
A thousand lies have made me colder1480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZhlFDaiSc
And I don't think I can look at this the same1480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbouNJFjEvz
I can hear her singing, I can hear her, and I'm coming Maddy I'm coming -1480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwRUc104Si0
You're still with me in my dreams1480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3SpoEcH5Tr
And tonight, girl, it's only you and me1480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpziVvNq79Q
silence1480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8EQ3hMw1A9
-1480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGSYk69kmH
I'd like to think, that beyond this bristling carpet of reeds and half-hearted, long-forgotten blooms, she'll be waiting.1480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLYVH2TxX6w
She'll be waiting for me.1480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxSJcerCCg
silence1480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5EU3oslaHx
