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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