Je me souviens de ma belle robe bleue, d’un bleu éclatant et profond dont j’étais si fière.
Je me souviens de chacun de ces chevaux qui ont, sur mon dos encore solide à l’époque, parcouru la campagne avec moi.
Je me souviens de leurs chatouilles sur mes essieux, de ces doux frissons qui parcouraient mes suspensions lorsqu’ils bougeaient à l’intérieur de moi… Nous étions heureux, je me sentais utile.
Je n’ai rien vu venir, j’étais éternelle...
Un jour pourtant, la rouille s’est invitée… Oh, un minuscule point de rouille, à peine visible au début, mais qui, au fil des tours de roues, s’est implacablement répandu… Sournoisement, imperceptiblement, ma belle plastique s’est fanée.
La grange qui me protégeait jusqu’ici et dans laquelle on m’avait abandonnée s’est effondrée et les pierres et les briques qui la constituaient devinrent mes compagnons d’infortune, spectateurs de ma chute qui se précipitait dans un emballement devenu inarrêtable. Je me disloquais irrémédiablement.
Des brèches se sont peu à peu ouvertes, laissant l’intraitable vent froid de l’hiver transpercer le flanc qui me restait. J’étais désormais nue face au monde avec ma pathétique agonie comme seule activité..
Même Charlotte, la seule vache du pré qui venait de temps en temps échanger avec moi quelques gentilles banalités, s’est peu à peu éloignée… Je suppose qu’elle ne trouvait plus rien à dire devant mon triste déclin.
Et puis un jour, un petit homme s’est planté devant ma vieille carcasse et m’a dit qu’il me trouvait belle… Rendez-vous compte, il me trouvait BELLE !
Il avait avec lui un drôle de petit appareil dont il m’a expliqué qu’il me rendrait immortelle. Ce petit homme était au moins aussi étrange que l'objet bizarre qu'il transportait et je n’avais fichtrement aucune idée de ce qu’il avait bien voulu dire par là, mais je m’en moquais. Grâce à lui, j’ai compris que la beauté n’est que rarement intrinsèque et qu’elle est partout où l’on veut bien la trouver...

Photographer:
riitafyam
Uploaded:
2026-05-01
Tags:
abandoned places lieu abandonné
Camera:
Canon Powershot A590 IS
Country/region:
France

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