City of God (Mierelles, 2002) Ending Analysis

I saved every letter you wrote me
from the moment I read them
I knew you were mine
you said you were mine thought you were miiiiiiine
do you know what Angelica said
when she saw your first letter arrive
she said
"be careful of the one love
hell do what it takes to survive"
you and your words
flooded my sensecyour sentences left me defencelss
you built me palaces 
out of paragraphs 
you built cathedralsssssss
I'm rereading the letters you wrote me
im seraching 
and scanning for answers
in every line
for some kind of sign
and when you were miiiiiiine
the world seemed to
buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurn
buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurn
you published the letters she wrote you
you told the whole world how you bought this girl into our bed
in clearing your name
you have ruined our liiiiiivesssss
do you know what Angelica said
when she read what you'd done
she said
"you have married an icarus
he has flown too close to the sun"
you and your words
obsessed with your legacy
your sentences border on senseless
and you are paranoidddd in every paragraph
how the perceive youuuuuu
youuuun youuu yOUUUUU
Im erasing myself from the narrative
let future historwaisn wonder how
Eliza reacted when you broker her heaaaaart
you have torn it all apart
I'm watching it buuuuuuurrrrnnnnn
watching it buuuuuuUUUUUURNNNN
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 redeeeeeemd you 
you forfeit all rights to me heart
you forfeit the place in or bed
they dont get to know what I said with only the memories of when you were
miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine
I hope that youuuu
burrrrrrrrrnnnnnnn


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