SheWasTheSun

Every Sister

Every daughter

Of mother Earth

Every sister

In every hue

Every mother

Old and new

Stand together 

Side by side

And let them see

Let it come to light

 

That no matter our story

No matter our hair

No matter our size

Be us dark or fair

No matter our dollars

No matter our age

No matter our work

No matter our shape

 

There is one story

That each of us shares

One common thread

That they can call theirs

 

Every sister

Across this land

Has been broken

By a man

Be it her father

Her lover, her friend

Her brother, a stranger

Her very own kin

 

Every sister

Knows how it feels

To be cracked wide open

To have it all revealed

To be eaten away at

Like a vulture’s meal

To place her trust in his hands

And see him hold it tender

To watch him close his fist

And crush it, and end her

To build herself again

Piece by piece, brick by brick

To paint over the scars

And to starve herself sick

 

Every sister, every girl

Every woman in the world

Has held herself together

With her own bare hands

And crumbled at the thought

Of that one, that one man

 

So sisters, stand together

And hold each others\' hands

Sisters, dry your tears

And let’s make them understand

 

Every sister, listen close

You are more than that man

Every sister, hear me now

We are where the Earth began