Frontières : "Parole de Réfugié" (...)
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Un poème inédit de Pat Donovan Guenot pour "Poètes Sans Frontières" ...
THE REFUGEE
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My country`s at war,
And I must flee,
Leaving home and friends;
I`m a refugee...
I`m not the first,
Won`t be the last,
For mankind never, ever
Learns from the past.
In this big bad world
I`m completely lost,
And of greed and pride
I pay the cost.
We are thousands,
Millions for sure,
Trying to escape
The scourge of war.
Will another country
Take me in?
Maybe they`ll judge me
By my skin...
I`ve nothing to offer
But an open heart,
To serve a new country
And make a new start.
Yet a part of me
Will always long
For the land of my birth,
Where I belong.
Where can I go?
I`ve no destination;
Does there exist for me
A friendly nation?
And other countries
Have their problems too,
Which I might be a burden
Just adding to...
My country was stolen,
And the world looked on,
Though everyone knew
What happened was wrong.
Oh, the Greats can proclaim
Those Human Rights,
But rose-tinted glasses
Blur their sights.
I have no future -
There`s nothing to see,
And the path ahead
Is closing for me...
The family I loved,
That once was mine,
Have all disappeared,
Vanished in time.
So I stand alone,
With an empty heart;
What`s the use of loving,
If we have to part?
Will I live my life
In a camp somewhere,
My only companions
Fear and despair?
Where the promise of freedom
Was just a big lie,
And all I can do
Is just wait to die?
Or if I sit in the street,
Will you notice me?
For I am no one,
Just a refugee...
Pat Donovan-Guenot
27/02/2022
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🧐: Le poème traduit par Pat en français pour les "Rencontres Poétiques sans Frontières" ...
Photo Miguel Discart :
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