Congratulations - Dessa

Congratulations

You have invented a new kind of stupid:

A 'damage you can never undo' kind of stupid

An 'open all the cages at the zoo' kind of stupid

Truly, you didn’t think this through?

Kind of stupid

Let’s review

You took a rumor a few, maybe two, people knew and refuted it by sharing an

affair of which no one has accused you

I begged you to take a break, you refused to

So scared of what your enemies might do to you

But you’re the only enemy you ever seem to lose to

You know why Jefferson can do what he wants?

He doesn’t dignify schoolyard taunts with a response!

So yeah, congratulations!

You’ve redefined your legacy

Congratulations

I languished in a loveless marriage in London

I lived only to read your letters

I look at you and think 'God, what have we done with our lives and what did it

get us?'

That doesn’t wipe the tears or the years away

But I’m back in the city and I’m here to stay

I know what I’m here to do

I’m not here for you

I know my sister like I know my own mind

You will never find anyone as trusting or as kind

And a million years ago, she said to me 'this one’s mine'

So I stood by

Do you know why?

I love my sister more than anything in this life

I will choose her happiness over mine every time

Eliza

Is the best thing in our life

So never lose sight of the fact that you have been blessed with the best wife

Congratulations

For the rest of your life

Every sacrifice you make is for my sister

Give her the best life

Congratulations