I'd like to think, that beyond this bristling carpet of reeds and half-hearted, long-forgotten blooms, she'll be waiting.1420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlIjDzybGg4
silence1420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAGIYc19ZU
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.1420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWI7OZMOlf
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.1420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8OIBbAVWY
A hundred days have made me older1420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1diPOb2G8m
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.1420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5UQHfbwjRL
A thousand lies have made me colder1420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTsgNPgGg3a
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.1420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfoKZFCsjss
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.1420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5jWyHSD3C
silence1420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2EkIqA5IQb
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.1420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7cYFWKQtmt
Door opening.1420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgtAiyFCq9D
Earphones falling.1420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gGNcd8rbe
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.1420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhgIcapk82X
Door closing.1420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtT3IxCT4Xp
And then Maddy's parents called mine.1420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCX7lJIa8Td
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.1420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFYXCOexcxY
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.1420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZivy8ST07
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.1420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpvbhCkJN0B
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 -1420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjfBODxZnO
A hundred days have made me older1420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjX4DNhoUM
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face1420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2DgVQQcsAH
A thousand lies have made me colder1420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ipkvJcyZm
And I don't think I can look at this the same1420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJdtmSTpJQq
I can hear her singing, I can hear her, and I'm coming Maddy I'm coming -1420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVz1l7S6115
You're still with me in my dreams1420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡipCwVohibg
And tonight, girl, it's only you and me1420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiazLritCO0
silence1420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvu8uUPBkOC
-1420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkIVMIt9XA3
I'd like to think, that beyond this bristling carpet of reeds and half-hearted, long-forgotten blooms, she'll be waiting.1420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwjvz3ag7S
She'll be waiting for me.1420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNeLk4GYC2K
silence1420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJSa2QLmmn
