I'd like to think, that beyond this bristling carpet of reeds and half-hearted, long-forgotten blooms, she'll be waiting.1533Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHfQteKGnw
silence1533Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQcqmm8oJFa
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.1533Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUZrtkS9Xwd
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.1533Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCytU6tcv7
A hundred days have made me older1533Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4emR2KNyg8
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.1533Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMpJSNdHOl
A thousand lies have made me colder1533Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZtpKl5cZ6
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.1533Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDa36VExu1O
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.1533Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2irbQZWR4
silence1533Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpzXcbehTY
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.1533Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkExuXJHaNw
Door opening.1533Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp8xVaYEFWx
Earphones falling.1533Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBqGpWChks
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.1533Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxNhDWMQAk
Door closing.1533Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0nLOOE86UP
And then Maddy's parents called mine.1533Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwZFa6phpfR
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.1533Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ6c0SYac8m
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.1533Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaIlEZdh1Eh
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.1533Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNnZ7Osl1iQ
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 -1533Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ2bajviTd8
A hundred days have made me older1533Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdbC0wDtC0
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face1533Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAU0Otgjsx
A thousand lies have made me colder1533Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡscen9zoiaR
And I don't think I can look at this the same1533Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0d19jBfiy
I can hear her singing, I can hear her, and I'm coming Maddy I'm coming -1533Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrEkzypyzDJ
You're still with me in my dreams1533Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8uHDVkvmr0
And tonight, girl, it's only you and me1533Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ91D5N4jEow
silence1533Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPaBEay3z5g
-1533Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4zu4p0ofkT
I'd like to think, that beyond this bristling carpet of reeds and half-hearted, long-forgotten blooms, she'll be waiting.1533Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyPhnxJcrBg
She'll be waiting for me.1533Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYmSivkXhGK
silence1533Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAKyppuiwty
