Dear Everyone

[Ms Erica Phoenix]

My name is Erica, and I am a warrior.

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I was a shy and lonely girl
With the heavens in my eyes
And as I walked along the lane
I heard the echoes of her cries.

I cannot fight
I cannot a warrior be
It's not my nature nor my teaching
It is the womanhood in me.

I was a lost and angry youth
There were no tears in my eyes
I saw no justice in my world
Only the echoes of her cries.

I cannot fight
I cannot a warrior be
It's not my nature nor my teaching
It is the womanhood in me.

I am an older woman now
And I will heed my own cries
And I will a fierce warrior be
Till not another woman dies!

I can and will fight
I can and will a warrior be
It is my nature and my DUTY
It is the sisterhood in me....

 

[PlayfulAlex]

Wow, thanks for the share, Ms Erica! You go, girl!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyrd_Sisters_(band)

 

[Ms Erica Phoenix]

The first time I heard this, Westcoast Harmony Chorus was singing it live onstage (about 80 voices) at a competition in Edmonton in front of over a thousand people. By the end of the first verse, I could see only one face.

Mona Wilson.

I know some of you knew Mona...BB once knew her well. In some ways, he knew her better than he knows me today. The last time he ever saw her, he told her if she went back to the streets, she'd die down there.

The first time I ever saw a picture of her face, it was in the Vancouver Province when the Pickton story broke.

I sing this song, out loud, every single morning. I can, and will fight, until not another sister dies. Our sisters are suffering from trauma, from addiction, from years of mistrust and abuse at the hands of those who are supposed to love them most. And there, but for the grace of the Goddess, is the path I walk.