First Burn by Shoba Narayan, Arianna Afsar, Julia Harriman, Lexi Lawson, Rachelle Ann Go

I saved every (1)____________ you (2)__________ me
From the (3)____________ I saw you
I knew you were mine
You (4)________ you were mine
I thought you (5)________ mine

Do you know what Angelica said
When I told her what you'd done?
She said
"You have married an Icarus
He has (6)__________ too close to the sun"

Don't
Take another (7)________ in my direction
I can't be trusted around you
Don't think you can talk (8)________ way
Into my arms, into my arms

I'm burning the letters you wrote me
You can (9)__________ over there if you want
I don't know who you are
I have so (10)________ to learn
I'm re-reading your letters
And watching (11)________ burn (burn)
I'm (12)________________ them (13)________ (burn)

You published the letters she wrote to you
You told the whole world
How you brought this (14)________ (15)________ our bed
In clearing (16)________ name, you (17)________ (18)____________ 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 (19)________ fall for (20)________ charms
All your charms

I'm erasing myself (21)________ the narrative
Let future historians wonder how (22)__________ reacted
When you (23)__________ her heart
You (24)________ thrown it all away
Stand back, watch it burn
Just watch it all burn

And when the (25)________ comes
Explain to the children
The pain and embarrassment
You put their mother through
When will you learn
That they are (26)________ legacy?
We are your legacy
If you thought you (27)________ mine (mine, mine, mine)

Don't

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