I'd like to think, that beyond this bristling carpet of reeds and half-hearted, long-forgotten blooms, she'll be waiting.1506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjOx2L46k0k
silence1506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBTLaYlzI6m
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.1506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhrgIkM5HTc
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.1506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBjdbt4OmWK
A hundred days have made me older1506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHIoDOuUnbu
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.1506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡupHSpL7Kw3
A thousand lies have made me colder1506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvmwnusWgd5
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.1506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBHoBAbkMAE
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.1506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgaU4Xhgp6D
silence1506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpiPuljHLtp
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.1506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGRk8sKN1D
Door opening.1506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wA2VY286H
Earphones falling.1506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPXlyGPayq1
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.1506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3kOpoGPM3k
Door closing.1506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQyThyUWxSe
And then Maddy's parents called mine.1506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHkvTZo18Xu
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.1506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFUB77brXg
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.1506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9vUe0h0LI
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.1506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzWxefMBuf
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 -1506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZCYN2aGQIc
A hundred days have made me older1506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLeZh6krh8Z
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face1506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGadzXQPSGQ
A thousand lies have made me colder1506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUMs5immuJz
And I don't think I can look at this the same1506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswAeJp5yak
I can hear her singing, I can hear her, and I'm coming Maddy I'm coming -1506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHTsKVnt1f
You're still with me in my dreams1506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7a3F0x3zuo
And tonight, girl, it's only you and me1506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZGqGoadhF
silence1506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBx7shoZU3V
-1506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYq6cUfDNH
I'd like to think, that beyond this bristling carpet of reeds and half-hearted, long-forgotten blooms, she'll be waiting.1506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMs1cHakSy8
She'll be waiting for me.1506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYVfaTcETx3
silence1506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVESgTdw86T
