La route

La route, c’est traverser l’Amérique, mille fois,
C’est un idéal, qu’on ne réalise que parce qu’on est en vie,
C’est un rêve qu’on poursuit dans une voiture,
C’est des montagnes qui barrent l’horizon mauve et rose. 
C’est résoudre des équations du troisième et quatrième degré ?

La route c’est l’amour qu’on tient entre ses mains,
C’est des palmiers, qu’on salue avec son chapeau,
C’est des motels où l’on dort avec ses nouveaux  amis,
C’est un grand Lynx qui se cache dans le désert texan.

La route c’est le sable et les diamants, les serpents,
C’est la station Texaco où l’on remplit le moteur,
C’est l’imagination que l’on dresse avec un fouet,
C’est l’ennui qui nous sauve du travail saoulant,
Tout est possible quand on prend la route, tout. 
Même le temps s’arrête....La route sauve nos âmes.


La route is to cross America, a thousand times,
It is an ideal, which we realize only because we are alive,
It’s a dream that we pursue in a car,
It is mountains that block the purple and pink horizon. 
It Is solving third and fourth degree equations

La route is love that we hold in our hands,
It is palm trees, which one salutes with his hat,
It’s motels where you sleep with your new friends,
It is a large lynx hiding in the Texas desert.

La route is sand and diamonds, rattle snakes,
This is the Texaco station where we fill the engine,
It is the imagination that is raised with a whip,
It is the boredom that saves us from drunken work,
Everything is possible when you take the road, everything. 
Even time stands still.... La route saves our souls.
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George Avatar
January 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
A journey across America would be a wonderful experience with beautiful motels, landscapes and tropical areas with palm trees swaying in the wind. I had the fortune to travel through many parts of the U.S. Enjoyed your poem dear Yaan.
Rodrigues Avatar
August 28, 2024 at 12:14 PM
To cross America is to come across many different landscapes! Some are quite unique! Blessings, mon amie!
Hind Avatar
August 28, 2024 at 11:54 AM
Interesting...I want to go on the road (for a vacation) now...lol, lovely writing
One Avatar
August 27, 2024 at 12:48 AM
No translation for this one?
Buehler Avatar
August 26, 2024 at 9:13 PM
What a delightful and interesting poem, Yann! Thanks for sharing. :)
Kendrick Avatar
August 24, 2024 at 7:19 AM
It would be wonderful to casually travel across the USA, but quite expensive. Thanks for sharing your ideas with us. Your work is very descriptive and expressive. Sara K
Rolland Avatar
August 26, 2024 at 3:43 AM
expensive for sure, sara, i made three great journeys in USA , and it took each time a year to be "comfortable" at home, but i really enjoyed la route, specially in California and Arizona
Buhagiar Avatar
August 24, 2024 at 2:09 AM
I would have dreamed of this journey. Now it will only be a dream.
Nuwas Avatar
August 24, 2024 at 12:44 AM
I really enjoyed reading this.
Dietrich Avatar
August 22, 2024 at 11:06 AM
so interesting. I really like the way you describe the route in Texas!
Rose  Avatar
August 22, 2024 at 9:54 AM
Being on the road can help our souls to expand and encompass most everything, I really enjoyed your poem today Yann :)
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