Prompt: A picture of a girl with red hair and earphones593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmXAoVp24c
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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.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm3IsYL9UIB
silence593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLmAgihNlx
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.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXLY899H1qm
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJMgaCUqWE
A hundred days have made me older593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhoviUaMemz
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.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFkmh3Hzxn
A thousand lies have made me colder593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0noyW3LjJ4
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.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNTozT4Daaf
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.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxM5RqeZmUi
silence593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlFEy6U7d8
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.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL28NM7f77J
Door opening.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KgnwPFtgC
Earphones falling.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi5765HzZdq
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLvXankpMu
Door closing.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQeu1sjc9Ek
And then Maddy's parents called mine.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWnFvG1FxZj
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnm2KK2Pqnr
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.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQqT0I4iAJN
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVrNkNvUfBJ
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 older593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYC5rfrMW9Z
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEh5wLhBnAM
A thousand lies have made me colder593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLgDughMGQf
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 dreams593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1LY92vWLm2
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.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkcsuNwSAlo
She'll be waiting for me.
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