[LAURENS]
I saved every letter you wrote me
From the moment I read them
I'd hoped you'd be mine
You said you'd be mine
I thought you were mine
Do you know what my father said
When we saw your first letter arrive?
He said
"Be careful with that one, son
He will capture all of your love."
You and your words flooded my senses
Your sentences left me defenseless
You built me palaces out of paragraphs
You built cathedrals
I'm re-reading the letters you wrote me
I'm searching and scanning for answers
In every line
For some kind of sign
And when you were mine
The world seemed to
Burn
Burn
You published the letters she wrote you
You told the whole world how you brought
This girl into your bed
In clearing your name, you have ruined their lives
Do you know what my father said
When he read what you'd done?
He said
"You've fallen for a wedded one,
Who will only shatter your heart."
You and your words, obsessed with your legacy…
Your sentences border on senseless
And you are paranoid in every paragraph
How they perceive you
You, you, you…
I'm distancing myself from the narrative
Let future historians wonder how Laurens
Reacted when you broke his heart
You have torn it all apart
I am watching it
Burn
Watching it burn
The world has no right to my heart
The world has no place in your bed
They don't get to know what I said
I'm burning the memories
Burning the letters that might have redeemed you
You forfeit all rights to my heart
You forfeit the place in my mind
You write to dear Peggy instead
Confiding the memories
Of when you were mine
I hope that you
burn...