Description

Ce poème est un poème intitulé "Qui suis je ?" et traduit de l'anglais au français.

C'est un poème d'Angela Davis, militante, historienne et écrivaine afroféministe et une grande figure de la lutte pour les droits civiques aux Etats Unis. Elle a notamment écrit Femme, classes et race, un livre qui retrace les liens entre féminisme, antiracisme et lutte des classes, à travers l'histoire des femmes, des noir-e-s et de leurs luttes aux États-Unis du XIXe siècle aux années 1970.

Texte original :

Who am I
I don't know
I know what I am,
what labels others apply to me

I am human
or so they say
But tell me something
what is so humane about our species
something found in no others, something humane

I am a lesbian
Yes, a lover of women
but I now choose very selectively
though weary of trust, I am starved for love

I am a crone
Old, and withered by life
I feel so aged, and weary at times
I am sickened by what I see that others do not
Even though I seldom see what is right in front of me

I am a child
I look about myself in wonder
society constantly baffles my mind
I find happiness in the small things of life
I have experienced so little, but seen so much
I still believe in love, so naive in matters of the heart

I am an author
I write many stories
of loving, living, understanding
though I do not yet understand these things

I am a poet
at least that is what i am told
My pen hardly touches the paper
and I think of what's important, in my heart
My feelings flow freely in verse and sometimes not

I am a pacifist
I abhor anger, and violence
it destroys love, lives, and souls
I think there is always a peaceful solution
if one is willing to search their heart and soul
Though it may be harder, let go of your pride and try

I am a survivor
Many battles I have faced
Somehow I always come out of them
but never whole, for it is not that simple
Along the way I have had to make sacrifices
but here I stand, in quiet defiance and always will
Though I am tattered, battered, and occasionally shattered

Who am I
I think above all
I am an individual

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