I'd like to think, that beyond this bristling carpet of reeds and half-hearted, long-forgotten blooms, she'll be waiting.1440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVN8AMkQPd
silence1440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcxc49xFZnn
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.1440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFgrXnAnvxZ
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.1440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPtUX9maPXw
A hundred days have made me older1440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnxzyDmWQoj
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.1440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxaDBFcaGl
A thousand lies have made me colder1440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRi4TuZQUmT
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.1440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfoaWMOuV5
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.1440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ19KQ6c0qLG
silence1440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2ea5N50Eq
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.1440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5RadHpNM0
Door opening.1440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCMfDJKzbAy
Earphones falling.1440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡofRMhp2X9P
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.1440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKl4lB6mJwO
Door closing.1440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmx2IcTT9pK
And then Maddy's parents called mine.1440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxlNV6nJXyF
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.1440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLXIDO7F10d
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.1440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6NRstJEkfS
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.1440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡij16adWu1U
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 -1440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFN9E3jy7yv
A hundred days have made me older1440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDYesFyHKyn
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face1440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPIw8qZrDp
A thousand lies have made me colder1440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiUiLLUJQT6
And I don't think I can look at this the same1440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKdPqza0o2
I can hear her singing, I can hear her, and I'm coming Maddy I'm coming -1440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfPWD3S41c
You're still with me in my dreams1440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLeMfdinOPl
And tonight, girl, it's only you and me1440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdtTnZfKPfQ
silence1440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJbgn619np
-1440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7D3rjOplMt
I'd like to think, that beyond this bristling carpet of reeds and half-hearted, long-forgotten blooms, she'll be waiting.1440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxrmvEmNIvJ
She'll be waiting for me.1440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRfeWz4Uvg2
silence1440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6pQLO0TAi
