• • • • I saved every

letter you wrote me

From the moment

I saw you

I knew you were mine

You said you were mine

I thought you were mine

Do you know

what Angelica said

when I told her

what you'd done

She said, you have

married an Icarus

He has flown

too close to the sun

Don't take another

step in my direction

I can't be trusted

around you

Don't think you can

talk your way

into my arms

into my arms

I'm burning the letters

you wrote me

You can stand over

there if you want

I don't know who you are

I have so much to learn

I'm re reading

your letters

and watching them burn...

I'm watching them burn...

You published the letters

she wrote to you

You told the whole world

how you brought this girl

into our bed

In clearing your name

you have ruined our lives

Heaven forbid

someone whisper

He's part of

some scheme

Your enemy whispers

so you have to scream

I know about whispers

I see how you

look at my sister

Don't, I'm not naive

I have seen

women around you

Don't think I don't see

how they fall

for your charms

All your charms

I'm erasing myself

from the narrative

Let future historians

wonder how Eliza reacted

when you broke her heart

You have thrown

it all away

Stand back

watch it burn...

Just watch it all burn...

And when the

time comes

explain to the children

the pain and

embarrassment

you put their

mother through

When will you learn

that they are your legacy

We are your legacy

If you thought

you were mine...

Oh, mine, don't