Prompt: A picture of a girl with red hair and earphones587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3vrqUw4KHw
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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.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5yMDW69Ls
silence587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpLLDqzn1Hg
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.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgd5zLN9HAP
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8U85Dkbzx
A hundred days have made me older587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkE2fEVtF7d
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.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡweXQSOaNqC
A thousand lies have made me colder587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1UHsmNKpLo
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.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCDwc032mzs
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.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU8xu92JK26
silence587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡraU5R1EJXB
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.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8B5LkAxQF8
Door opening.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCooRW6SkEi
Earphones falling.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ91WqTEas9u
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTAnMSQq8kx
Door closing.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkkqnyTgWqH
And then Maddy's parents called mine.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCFd0flocT
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx5AsTIthdt
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.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFdAb7mg5uE
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoYT7jW5acC
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 older587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCilRugOa0N
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29v0Sq1Res
A thousand lies have made me colder587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkFdhuhAOno
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 dreams587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGMTSB4pLM
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.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ18yt0uPVfp
She'll be waiting for me.
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