The Island. Chapter eleven and twelve.

No-one had a easy life. We learn. We must become stronger.

The Island-  chapter eleven

I watched Nick wander off and I thought. A crazy and wild man. I went to the cottage and Nicole was sleeping again. She laid on the top of the blankets. The early warm days of May had the sun shining bright and 75 degree already. I observed her and adored her for a few seconds. My eyes wandered from strong long legs to firm and trim woman body. I saw the clock read 7:30 am. I went to her, I caressed her legs and squeezed her butt. I kissed her back and her neck. She whispered to me. Johnnie, be careful. Don’t start a flame, we don’t have time to put-out. She turned over and she brought my face closer and she kissed me long and sweet. She whispered, we are late, get dress first and I will prepare some fruit and toast. I smiled and I whispered. Thank you Nicole. She took my hands and she kissed them. She told me. We need to feel like we are the one and only. We must know pleasure and many dances, listen to many songs to know we had lived.

I went to the shower and I touched my face. I asked himself. Was I dreaming? I finished the shower and I got dressed. Brushed my teeth and I smiled for the mirror. I whispered to the god of life and death. Thank you for giving me some hope and kindness. I went to the patio and Nicole, bare-a*s and all was setting up his coffee and her tea. The fruit and toast was on the table. I went to her, held her breasts and I whispered. It is 8:10 am dear Nicole. She smiled and she told me. Please drink the coffee and eat some. Back in a second. She ran away and I wrote in my journal.

“Idyllic

Mystic place,

a hidden place.

Old bridge lead you to safe place.

where broken people are repaired by generous goddesses.

Maybe a dream? Maybe just mercy to the dead hearts.”

Nicole returned in her colorful Summer dress, showing her tan legs and gentle shoulders. I told her. You are so beautiful dear Nicole. She laughed at my words and she whispered. We must eat quickly and my hair is still a mess. Maybe Lily will fix me up? She is keeping you company while I do some tasks that must get done. Lana will be waiting and we must rush. They finished the toast and fruit quickly and she got up and took my hand and we rushed to Lana Cottage. Lana was waiting and almost at 9 am. I was sitting in the chair. She smiled and she told Nicole. Lily is the kitchen making us tea and coffee.. She can fix your hair before you adventure out to the Idyllic city. Nicole just smiled and waited for Lily. Lana started to paint and Lily came to them. She gave me coffee and she gave Nicole some tea. She touched Nicole hair and she smiled. She whispered in her ear. Come to the kitchen and I will fix your wild hair. You look like my children did in the good days. She turned to him and she told me. Give me 20 minutes and I will break the silence. The painter does not speak with the brush in her hand. I watched them wander to the kitchen.

I watched the Lake Superior. She was alive and dancing today.  She was called the Michigan ocean. She was a secret keeper and even the big ships were careful in her arms. If she took your ship, no-one is left to tell a story. I thought about his brother and I wondered. Did he do enough? I tried to help him. Found work for him and they lived in my house. I don’t remember any kind words I said to him. I felt a tear falling from my eyes. Someone touched my face and she kissed his forehead. Lily whispered as she kissed the tears away. We can’t save everyone Johnnie. I know. I saw my daughters raped and I saw my daughters die. I saw 100,000 men and women die for the cause of free-will. I was saved by kind Luna. Took me a long time to know peace. I found peace by the great water. I asked Luna, why did you save me? I wanted to die and join my daughters, my people. Luna told me, dear Boadicea. You are not done and the world need your strength. I remembered I laughed at her. She cradle me like a baby and we cried together for many days. I knew who she was. The rune stones told me story of a woman who was kind and she tried to save our world. Even Luna had learn. You can’t save a world that don’t want to be saved. We must stay strong and help the people near us. I remember she brought me to the Island. We built the first cottage near the big water. For a 100 years, I didn’t speak. I remember hearing a young Ojibwa woman crying near the water. I went to her and she told me. My daughter is dying. The woman took me to the child. She was suffering and I touched her stomach. I told the woman I would return and I gathered some wild cranberries and some dandelions. I cooked the dandelions roots and I made a soup. I broke down the cranberries in liquid form. I knew the child had a sick stomach and needed a clean-up of the poison in her stomach.  I took the soup and the juice to the Ojibwa camp. The child drank the juice and she ate the soup. After 10 minutes. She got-up and she ran for the nearby forest. The mother and her grandfather looked very scared. I told them. Please wait and she will return. We heard laughter and a child playing outside the shelter. The child ran in and she hugged me and told me. Thank you shining star for saving me. She kissed my face many times and she ran away to play. I left them and I joined Luna. I told her, what I did. Luna smiled and she hugged me. We heard a sound and the grandfather came to us. He bowed and he thanks me for saving his grand-daughter. He told us. I heard of you two ladies on our land. The men told me, you were kind to nature and didn’t destroy the land. I believe the big water liked you. I want to give the Island to you  till you die. I feel you are naguals and healers. We need more healers and medicine women. We will built you a bridge and I hope you will befriend us. Luna and I went to him. We embraced and I thanked him with a kiss on his forehead and face-cheeks. Luna told him. if you need someone with healing skills, we will gladly help. He gave them a big smile and he told them. You are part of the Ojibwa tribe now. That was a long time ago and everyday I still pray for my daughters, my people. I was glad to learn. My country outlasted the devils from Rome. You can outlast the sadness Johnnie. You will be saved and you will save many too. 

Lana spoke finally and she asked for some coffee and some food.  Lily smiled and she ran to the kitchen. Lana told me. Thank you for sitting for me. I know many of the Island people are seeking your attention. I was told by a bird. You made Nick talk and laugh today. You are the first stranger to the island, he spoke to. Celeste and Magdalena adopted him. He is a easy going soul and the Island is blessed to have him. It is almost 12 in the afternoon. I must get ready for tonight and you and Nicole have a brunch date with Celeste and Magdalena at one this afternoon. Lily returned with coffee and sandwiches for Luna.  Luna turned to me and she told me. The Captain, me, Nicole and you will burn some sage by the big water at four this afternoon. Don’t be late. Those two ladies are very tempting. They could steal your heart forever. Lily came to me and she kissed my face and lips. She whispered, I will see you at the concert tonight. Please have some fun today for me.

Dancing Coyote

The Island- Chapter twelve

I watched Lily walk away and I loved how she moved. She moved her hips very gently and her bare feet embraced the grass softly. She turned to me and she smiled. Gave me a wave and she wandered away. Lana had escaped already and I wandered to the painting and I heard Nicole voice. She told me. Lana doesn’t like people to observe her work till she is done. I turned to her and I whispered. I didn’t look dear Nicole. She looked so beautiful. She changed to white cotton Summer dress, showing off tan shoulders and beautiful tan strong legs. She smiled and she told me. This is a good thing dear Johnnie. I hope you are hungry. Celeste and Magdalena always create a wonderful meal. They are the Island’s chefs. They use the Big Water fish and the produce they planted with their own hands. Always a treat. He held silence and he looked at her face. She had the face of the ancient goddesses, who stole men hearts. Gave some men salvation and some some men hell kiss. 

She walked toward him and she kissed his face-cheeks first and his lips last. She questioned him. Are you seeking question? or are you seeking the vast sea of the unknown? A quiet poet. This is very dangerous. Do you have a question for me? He wrapped his arms around her and he whispered to her. Wise men don’t ask questions. If this is a dream, I want this dream to last forever. She smiled and she whispered. A wise poet. When we appreciate the good days, the good dreams, we can taste utopia without seeking the payment of too much knowledge. Time to go. The ladies like timeliness and they want long talk, not silence dear Johnnie. On the Island. We need the kind strangers allowed here, to befriend us and show us the view of our world today. Few of us leave the Island. We learned, many moons ago. The new world. Messy and ugly. The Island, safe place for us who became forgotten and orphans.

I held her hand and we walked to Celeste and Magdalena cottage. I saw two beautiful young women. Hair of darkness and eyes of gold.  They hurry toward them. Nicole stopped and she whispered. Be careful. Jerzy called these girls the forest Nymphs and we love them so. I heard Zeus beloved them by the Greece sea and he blessed them with the taste of ambrosia. They danced for him, bare-a*s and free. Luna found them alone near the sea. They were praying for death. Their world was gone. Rome killed off, Greece lost, the old world became cold and men had create so much war and hate. Luna sang to them for days. She promised them safe place and beautiful lake. They could dance and sing to the old gods still. Both women embraced Nicole and me. Nicole introduced Carina, our wild hair blessing and she introduced Jayne Saschia. Jayne liked to be called. Wild rose. He told them, I am glad to meet you ladies. You are a afternoon blessing to see. Both were lightly dressed, showing rebust bodies, bare-feet and smiles of angels. I fell in love with the both of them. Carina told Saschia, I told you the poets, can make you fall in love with them. The sad part. the poets don’t seek love, only kisses and knowledge. Saschia touched his face and she kissed his forehead and she told Carina. He taste okay and I believe, he is safe. They laughed and smiled. Carina told him, tonight at midnight, we will steal you for a hour or two. We will share some coffee and we can have great conversation. Tonight a good moon and a clear sky. The early Summer is so wonderful and we love to dance with the Big Water. I smiled and he told them. I look forward to this kind ladies. They laughed and they embraced Nicole and him. They wandered away. Nicole told him. They never walk, they dance. I watched the beautiful women dance away and I told her. You are right dear Nicole.

Celeste was waiting for them at a large table loaded with cooked fish, cut vegetables and homemade sauces. She saw them and she rose-up. She went to them and she gave them both a long hug. She told them. I am so glad you could come, I know you are busy and you must leave tomorrow Johnnie. Me and Magdalena wanted to share some food and we could talk. Celeste told me last month. The dark poet is coming to us. I told her, not the dark poet yet dear Celeste. Just seeking peace in the madness. I felt a touch on his shoulder and a hard and kind embrace. I turned and Magdalena was standing near. She had long black hair, coffee brown eyes and the sweetest voice. She wore a light cotton dress, braless and the sun-light showed her perfect body. She said hello dear Johnnie. I hope you are hungry and ready to talk. Time with Lana, the painter, should make you need some conversation. She loved her silence when she is working. I told her. I am hungry and I looked forward to our brunch.

We sat down. I had Celeste to his right and Magdalena to my left. Nicole sat across from us. Nicole told them. As always, food fit for a goddess. The two women smiled and Magdalena told her. Dear Nicole, please come see us often. We love your company. Jerzy and Nick lack good conversation sometimes. We need a woman voice and her song. Please bring Lana too. Please tell Lana. I will poise for her if she come to my cottage and we can drink the ambrosia wine. Nicole told them. We will come more often my dear friends. They turned to me and Celeste whispered. Time to eat the fish when hot, we can talk after. She poured the wine and Nicole told us. I will do a prayer.

“Thank you dear earth,

for the good food, for the good drink.

Thank you for the good company.

Allow us to live a thousand years,

having the Big Water near,

be able to hear good song and know peace.

We do appreciate you kind water, earth and the sky.”

After the prayer. They ate in silence. The food was fit for a God. Perfect use of spices and the boneless fish melted in your mouth. After the meal. I told the ladies. The greatest meal, I ever ate.  They laughed at my words and Nicole told them. Time for us to go to the Big Water.  We will burn some white sage by old rocks. If you are lucky Johnnie. The ladies will sing a song or two for you. Magdalena told him. Johnnie, we only sing songs if the new story teller, tell us a tale or two. He smiled and told them. I will do my best.

They sat on the ancient rocks. Nicole prepared the rocks, she set-up the small tipi of clay and the sage. Magdalena brought tea and some cups. I observed the three  beautiful ladies. All were strong in face and you could see they had lived a long life and they understood more then he did. Celeste came to me. Please shared the reason you are here. Nick found your gun and he told us. You guys destroyed the gun. With Nick, no secrets. He liked few people, he is a quiet soul. He told us. You were cool, didn’t lie and you had true face. He is looking forward to the day, you can return to the Island and stay with us. I asked her. Why can’t I stay now? I am in chaos and confusion. I have create only sadness and I had greed tightly. Celeste hugged him and she whispered. Once I believe I could create change. I learn by cutting and adding to fabric of life. Life will fall where life suppose to. Me and Magdalena had danced upon the earth for a long time. Life is doing our best and we must save, who we can. Dear Johnnie. Your thread of life caught Morning star attention. We hope we can befriend you and you can dance upon the earth awhile. Your story had just began. The Island accepted you and Luna brought you to us. 

I told her. I have caused  more pain than sweetness. I have been tunnel vision in my goals. I bury my second brother without a goodbye. I feel the burden of speaking hard words only. I learn too late. All men and women are not like me. They need more or want less. I should of been, a place of safety, a friend. Not a teacher only. Celeste kissed his face and she whispered. Life is lesson, more lessons and more lessons. Maybe now you have learn. Be kind, listen and find the places of love. I believe you will save many and you will be saved often. Morningstar told us. She will keep you on the right path. He laid his head into her breasts and tears fell. She caressed his hair and face. She sang a quiet song.

“Little coyote,

always seeking, always looking.

The little coyote,

will sing to the moon,

dance for the stars.

He must seek peace in the storm of life.

Brave heart, strong mind and kindness.

We must know.”

Nicole spoke aloud. Time to burn the white sage. The Big Water is dancing for us. She took the sage, lite the sage. She moved in a dance-like movement around us. She told the water, the sky and the earth.

“Thank you Big water for befriended us.

Thank you kind earth for feeding us the gifts of the green,

thank you kind sky, for the warm sun and the dancing moon.

Please help us know peace and understanding.

Thank you for my good friends near,

thank you for create safe place for us to gather.

As one. Seeking calmness and hope.”

She put the sage into the tipi. She smiled and she asked. What are your plans ladies? Celeste told them. We will drink Jerzy’s ambrosia wine and gather together at 8 pm. Tonight the gift of Alisa Fineman beautiful voice will bless our hearts. Magdalena looked at him and she told . Don’t worry dear Johnnie. One day, you will return to us. You will have the greatest stories to tell us. You will learn the great lesson. Save one person, you find your heart. Save many people, you will find your soul. Nicole told them. We must leave kind ladies and thank you for the wonderful meal. We must get dress and Jerzy expect Johnnie early. Jerzy love the conversation. I thanks  Celeste and Magdalena and they came to me. Gave me  long hugs and many kisses. He was bright red and he held silence. Magdalena said. We create a miracle, a quiet poet and they escaped back to their cottage.

He walked hand in hand with Nicole to their cottage. She asked me. Are you okay? He smiled and he told her. If this is a dreams. I hope the dream is everlasting. She embraced him tightly, kissed my face and she whispered. Dreams and real life. Dancing on a thread of hope. Maybe we can have more hope dear Johnnie. I whispered. Thank you my dearest Nicole.

Dancing Coyote

Author's Note

Thank you for reading.