Burn (RotB Version)

[JACK]
I saved every letter you wrote me
Every poem and story
I knew you were mine
You said you were mine
I thought you were mine

Do you know what Takumi said
When we saw your first letter arrive?
He said

“Be careful with that one, Jack
She might have something to hide.”

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

They published the letters he wrote you
told the whole world how you brought
This guy into our bed
In clearing your name, you have ruined our lives
Do you know what Takumi said
When he read what you’d done?
He said
“You have fallen for a temptress
It was probably a matter of time.”

You and your words, obsessed with your legacy…
All your words border on senseless
And you are paranoid in every paragraph
How they perceive you

You, you, you…

I’m erasing myself from the narrative
Let future readers wonder how Jack
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 our 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 our bed
You sleep elsewhere instead
With only the memories
Of when you were mine
I hope that you burn