La Reversible

Audre Lorde nació en Nueva York (EE. UU.) en 1934 y murió en Santa Cruz (Islas Vírgenes estadounidenses) en 1992. A WOMAN SPEAKS   Moon marked and touched by sun my magic is unwritten but when the sea turns back it will leave my shape behind.    I seek no favor untouched by blood unrelenting as the curse of love    permanent as my errors or my pride I do not mix love with pity nor hate with scorn and if you would know me look into the entrails of Uranus    where the restless oceans pound.   I do not dwell within my birth nor my divinities    who am ageless and half-grown    and still seeking my sisters witches in Dahomey wear me inside their coiled cloths as our mother did mourning.   I have been woman for a long time beware my smile I am treacherous with old magic and the noon's new fury with all your wide futures promised   ...