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Title: Mots rouge espoir, posie

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Huguette Bertrand




MOTS ROUGE ESPOIR

posie




ditions En Marge

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Au bout de tes doigts
je remonte ma vie
par l'chelle de tes accomplissements
Au bout de tes doigts
je vois tes mots gravs dans la pierre
ces enfants de la parole que je croyais tus
Au bout de tes doigts
un faisceau lumineux
ranime la braise de mes tonnements
Au bout de tes doigts
mes quotidiens mijotent
dans le jus de tes passions andalouses
Au bout de tes doigts
je marche dans des pas neufs
pour apprendre la suite du monde
Au bout de tes doigts
je poursuis tes mots jusqu'au carrefour
de mon achvement

_____________________________


Sous la lumire d'un ciel ros
la montagne encensait
le turquoise de l'horizon
projet dans l'oeil
retourn au pass
sous l'paisse couche de givre
quand le prsent fait rage
sur l'me rompue
au vif espoir
d'une lumire entrevue
 travers les silences
le bruit de mes pas
et le cri d'un oiseau

_____________________________


Les mots rouges habitent
le feu des passions
que le soir emporte
en ses draps parfums de vifs espoirs
s'accordent aux douceurs d'tre
dans le plein des sens
amuss par les sursauts du coeur
habill pourpre
en ses vagues
en ses cris
fusent du dsir
d'embrasser la nuit sombre
 la poursuite des rves
inaccomplis

_____________________________


tait-ce un coup mont ?
Par qui ?  Par quoi ?
Une simple brise printannire ?
Peut-tre pas

C'tait un parfum
inoubliable
grav dans la mmoire
des printemps successifs
un souffle du temps que l'on nomme
du temps hors des oublis
en soi
toujours en repli

_____________________________


Intimement
la lune engrosse
par un immense frisson
projette dans le noir
son oeil tout rond
immersion totale
dans nos incertitudes
toujours accueille
en son regard
le vermeil de nos passions
abandonnes au prsent

Lune rouge
quand le soir invite la nuit
dans son lit
phare des intempries
joyeusement devenu
flamme
de tous les instants

_____________________________


Au pied du tragique
la parole se rpand nue
sme rcolte
se perd
dans l'infini des arrives
des dparts
rebelle
se meut dans le souffle du monde
toujours se meurt amoureuse
se moque des jours
caresse les nuits
remonte le temps
son cours d'eau

_____________________________


Troubl
un clat de voix
contourne
glisse sur les dsirs
chous  la source poignante
des ivresses
s'clate fluide
en son chant
retenu dans une parole
multicolore
multiplie

_____________________________


S'croule le jour
sans rage le soir
s'engage l'espoir
si court l'amour
si maigre l'espoir
reprise le noir
du jour au soir
s'coule le temps
les jours les soirs
l'amour  rire
dans un sanglot

_____________________________


 mains nues
se murmure la tendresse
sur un monde dsenchant
quand sur la mousse
s'talent les avenues du corps
 la source des lvres
se prononce doux

oser la tendresse
nue sur la mousse
boire  la source
du prononc des lvres
allant de l'clat du rire
jusqu' l'clat du dire

_____________________________


Sur la page
une femme trace la trajectoire
d'une parole infinie
puissance de sa chair
puissance de son geste
refait les jours
dnoue les nuits
dpose entre dsir
et plaisir
le geste  natre

_____________________________


Beaux lumineux
les lieux se dvisagent
fluides
traverss par une parole
que transporte le jour neuf
dans l'emporte du geste
geste reconnu

_____________________________


Mirage pour l'un
dans l'me de l'autre
abandonn
dans la rose des espoirs insenss
espoirs  perte de vue
dans les cendres du dsir incandescent
refus
sans appel

des mots de chair
des mots d'esprit
des mots d'amour
que l'on appelle
posie

c'tait un rappel
un sisme momentan
un regard partag

_____________________________


Quelle passion !  Quelle douleur !
Quel enchantement !
se gravent au bout des doigts
pourtant si fragiles
en nos mmoires
si denses
dans le silence des nuits
remuent les jours
bousculent les heures
jaillissement du cri
en sa douleur
rpte sans cesse
le mot
origine

_____________________________


ATTOUCHEMENTS

Dnude
l'image glisse sur le ventre d'un sol lisse
par les mots
s'tale sur l'horizon
attouchements d'une parole en quilibre
sur la limite du discours
all se fondre dans le dsert
empreint d'chos
livrs au passant
passons
pass
ils passent
tour  tour
dans l'imprvu
sans se toucher

_____________________________


VIE LA FIT

j'la tolre
j'la pleure j'la ris aussi
j'l'emmerde j'la promne
le jour le soir
dans le carosse de mon corps
s'agrippe de la tte aux pieds
me rpand par terre
me ramasse  la pelle
me chiffonne
me barbouille la mmoire
me tripote l'me
la dshabille dans le noir
du fond de ma mmoire
la garroche dans le tiroir des passions
des espoirs des cafards
des montes dmonts
les descentes dans les pentes
par aprs parapente

laissons dire
laissons faire
vie la fit
fit l'amour
vire la vie
trois fois l'tour

_____________________________


GRIS PASTEL

Bariol
le ciel m'aspire
vers ses moments pastels
l'oeil foudroy
par les flammes dployes
sur le couchant
trop vite endormi

C'tait un clin d'oeil
un soleil panch sur ma route
envotement d'un regard
toile rveuse disparue
dans le toujours espr

Voil mon ciel
voil le gris
le pastel
l'me
perdue
sur cet astre insens

Ce n'tait ni un mirage
ni une carte postale
c'tait vrai comme un clair de lune
sur la nuit sauvage
nuit de lune sauvage
interdite

_____________________________


SUBTIL OBSCUR

Il fut convenu
de peindre des silences enneigs
sur les nuits rudes
au rythme de la dchirure
souvenance d'un feu
dans la fort des songes
songes en droute
toujours ranims
par la lenteur des jours
toujours murmurs  l'ombre
en ce lointain abm

sur la toile
des mots se mlent
aux couleurs du vivant
glissent dans les yeux de l'absence
perdurent dans le froid
d'un temps
gar

_____________________________


Soleil en tte
chapeau dessus
l'ide dessous
sur la vague des routes
en repli
dans le bordel de l'histoire
 suivre....

03.02.00

_____________________________


Sous le masque
les couleurs de la colre
sur tous les tons
mettent des sons graves
transmettent un flux immonde
entre douceur
clats de rire
clats de pleurs
sur le chemin rocailleux
pitinent les fleurs amoureuses
d'un coup de griffe clatent
jonchent le sol de la mmoire
toujours renouvel
par nos histoires intempestives
entre le gris le noir
 l'horizon
un rouge espoir
04.02.00

_____________________________


D'un souffle
le vent du nord me transporte
jusqu'au quai d'un sourire
prs de la surface frmissante
de l'oeil ouvert
sur le monde alentour
sourire caressant un cri d'oiseau
son nid de mots
secrtement murmurs
 l'oreille du lit

_____________________________


Dans le conflit des vents du nord
la chair vibre fluide
avant la leve du rideau

c'tait le vent
c'tait la chair
c'tait fluide
juste avant la nuit
son silence

_____________________________


D'o vient cette tendresse
venue d'on ne sait o
doux croisement de mots imprvus
que la peau rjouie
en oublie ses faiblesses
goter des jours
bont des nuits
 la poursuite des heures
sous l'piderme du quotidien

oser la douceur
oser la tendresse
mais o est donc passe la caresse
ds l'veil ?

_____________________________


Dans le giron d'une histoire sans fin
une lectrice regarde des mondes anciens
des mondes nouveaux
en un tour de mmoire
retrouve des foules
en leurs dsirs inavous
avoue la somnolence
se rappelle qu'il est temps de baisser les paupires
de tendre les bras  la nuit
tendre la nuit vers le rve
des intimits
djoues

_____________________________


Rouge le dsir
quand la parole se fait
chaude intense
 travers les violences
du coeur
essentiels les mots rouges
les dsirs du coeur
effacent les violences
par le sang
parlent aux sens

_____________________________


 travers les ondes
l'amour chuchot
au creux de l'oreille
se respire par le coeur
envol vers l'infini
des mots  dire
 reconnatre
dans ce dsir
fondu dans la volupt

_____________________________


Bleus de source
bleus de mer
bleus de terre
 mme nos diffrences

En silence
les mots respirent des blancs
des masques
des mondes
rptent des rles intimes
ultimes
derrire les rideaux
avancent morcels
jusqu'au dsir
enfoui dans la cendre
du temps

_____________________________


Philo filons
entre moments trop fascins
en quatre temps
en deux mouvements
dans l'entretemps
pas d'quoi en faire un flan  la vanille
avec le jus des grands cerveaux
trs bien camps
quand les lans des sens
manquent  l'appel
autant rester  la limite
en sirotant l'expresso bouffe
devant son petit-djeuner

laissons machin et compagnie
dans le bordel des jours trahis
agrmentons les abstractions
de mtachoux
de mtaphores
mtavision  mme les sens
mtamorphose
de toute essence

_____________________________


Quand le cri du corps se fait dense
et danse le corps
dans la nudit du cri
danse le cri
sur la peau nue
danse le souffle
dans l'air
par le geste
par le corps
par le nu
en sa douleur
en son silence
un cri de femme
rvle

_____________________________


La vie cette toile
d'enfer d'amour
ballotte la vie
ballotte les jours
des fils d'ennuis
des jours de vie
quand faire l'amour
regorge de vie
balaie l'ennui
charrie les jours
charrie la vie
la toile la vie
la vie l'amour
reprend son cours
que vivent les mots
que vive la vie
que vive l'amour

_____________________________


Vaste silence
dans un chant de tendresse
vacille sur le coeur
dvast tendu
tendre et tendu
tendre et tant doux
tendrement libre
est ce chant de douceur
tendre est l'envol
au coeur du silence
vacille le temps
vacille le coeur

_____________________________


Au creux de la main
une caresse touffe
vibre dans la lumire
souffle sur le chant
d'un oiseau envol
libre dans la lumire
librement touff
en son chant
toujours caress

durs les mots doux
caressent l'envol
d'un chant
touff

_____________________________


Enfivre
l'ivresse des mots nus
explore le bleu silence
sous un ciel violent trop cendr
sur la courbure du dos
trace des mots larges et drus
bleu  peine
bleu miroir
mots bleus azur

_____________________________


Au crpuscule
le soleil langoureusement glisse
sur les courbes rousses
des montagnes incendies
lance un dernier soupir flamboyant
all se fondre dans la soie
de l'horizon
tonn

_____________________________


Rouge verdoyant
l'amour se baigne bleu
dans l'espoir
affich sur le mur effront
des impasses
figures dans les fissures
traces sur le temps
des mmoires sculptes

Sur l'effondr des pierres
un regard ravisseur
secoue la lune
chaudement transfigure
et rebelle
misre  poil
au pied du mur
terrifie

_____________________________


Douce nuit
quand dort le jour
sans dessus dessous
boulimie d'heures indues
cribles de mots de gestes
 mme la dsirance

Il est 6 heures
tout le monde debout
c'est l'heure soumise
aux insomnies
s'en va mourir
au pied du lit

_____________________________


De coup d'coeur
en coup d'coeur
de pome en pome
le momentan
toujours dans ses atours
affectueux
fuse mu
d'humour en humeur
de tendresse en pril
ce got du risque
en hommage
 l'amour

_____________________________


S'tirent les longues nuits
sur un prnom appel
femme
que les hantises brlantes
crasent de jour
promesses bnies
fracheur des langues
toujours
ddies

_____________________________


Il fait silence
il fait mouvements
dans ce corps modul
entre soleil
et pluie rose

peau d'me
peau du cri
le cri  l'me
le cri s'alarme
la peau se lie
 l'me du cri
dlit de l'me
dfie le cri

_____________________________


Le vent souffle
sur un champ d'ombres
dplies par les mots
qu'un soupir projette
sur un lit enneig immense
d'o s'lve
un chant voluptueux
cet cho
dsavou

il neige noir
sur la vastitude blanche
du temps

_____________________________


Pulsion ocane
dans le corps des mots
transfuge en quilibre
accouch sur les lignes
en mouvements imprvisibles
se fraie un passage
dans le ros d'un paysage
imprim  l'infini
sur la peau du cri

hauts de l'me
au-del
oser l'au-del
vers le haut
vers la bas
vers l'me
en travers du mot
 travers la peau
en dessous d'une parole
s'tire s'tiole
dans le chaud d'un mouvement
dpossd

_____________________________


 la source du monde
une femme bleue
en ses yeux d'enfant
pleure sur les guerres
la faim l'exil
au coeur des fontaines
retrouve l'or
d'un monde
oubli

_____________________________


Au coeur des mains
des poignes de mots
se partagent
avec tendresse
rpandent des sensations
des ivresses rares
au sein de l'tre
secou
dans le momentan
d'un court instant
disparu
 tout jamais

_____________________________


Je ne suis que le vent
abandonn aux temptes
envelopp de matire
dnud par l'instant

Je ne suis que tempte
abandonne par le vent
la matire dnude
me transporte dans l'instant

Je ne suis que matire
dnude par le vent
je transporte des temptes
et poursuis les instants

Je ne suis qu'un instant
dnud virtuel
j'abandonne les temptes
et je sombre dans le vent



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