Before Time Existed
A long, long, long time ago there was a little Monkey and the sweetest most wonderful things in all the kingdom called, Bubbles. Monkey was so fascinated by Bubbles that there was nothing else he could think about but touching those amazing Bubbles. Just the thought of holding Bubbles in his arms and caressing each and every wonderful shape left his heart and brain in turmoil each and every night before he went to bed. In all of the kingdom no Monkey has ever been able to hold a bubble without it bursting into infinity. Monkey has never even thought of touching one and breaking it’s most beautiful creation, but has imagined oh so much about the day it could be so.
Monkey new that no matter what anyone told him he would one day hold Bubbles in his arms. So instead of playing with the other creatures of the world each day in paradise Monkey would go outside the Gates of Unknown and venture out trying to find a new way to at last be one with his beloved Bubbles. Now let me tell you one thing about Bubbles. Bubbles don’t just show up anywhere and everywhere, Bubbles is the most sacred and special sign anyone can ever see. Most go there whole life without ever seeing her. And when they do finally get the chance to take one glimpse of her, they reach out to touch her and before they even believe they have seen her, she has vanished into thin air.
That is the twist to this story, Monkey is not like most! Monkey has waited his whole life for Bubbles and is so determined and wouldn’t mess up just one Bubble even if it cost him his life. Monkey was very special, he would see Bubbles every where he went even though nobody else could see her. In his dreams, on the way to school, on walks though the woods, Bubbles even went swimming with Monkey, the only rule of the world was that Monkey couldn’t touch her without her leaving for ever. Monkey couldn’t even imagine the thought of this, so he was content just watching Bubbles for hours each day where ever she would lead him. They had the most amazing adventures. Bubbles would meet Monkey each day by the Gate to Unknown and just travel. She would lead Monkey to the most mind blowing sights he has ever seen. They would swim in the rivers of the sky, down the mountains of forever, and they loved skipping through the grounds of no gravity.
It was like a fairytale, the only thing missing was her precious touch. But Monkey had a huge imagination for a mind and would create the touch with his thoughts and it was almost good enough for him for Monkey has never touched any one else or been touched by others so he had nothing to compare it too. He was in his own little happy cloud knowing that if he stayed pure he would one day know this feeling.
One day Monkey was walking by a hole in the sky and out fell a lamp that contained liquid dreams. A Unicorn Genie appeared before Monkey’s very eyes and spoke to him. “Monkey, with this potion that you may only drink but once, in your dreams you may touch your reality till the day is upon us. But as the night falls like tear drops off a fallen sky, you will awake like you were never there.”
All of the sudden the Unicorn Genie disappeared into the hole and the sky closed up and all that was left was a rainbow leading to the Mountain of Knowledge and Rest. Legend has it that on the Mountain of Knowledge and Rest you can sleep so well it is like being one with the creator. So Monkey thought what a better time to go to the mountain then now. It was a 2 day walk to get to the entrance of the Mountain and a 4 day walk to get to the top. Without hesitation Monkey started on his journey hoping Bubbles would meet up with him along the way. Sure enough right after the turn of no turn backs Bubbles presented herself. And she had never looked so beautiful. Monkey told Bubbles of his magic potion and they talked of how it would feel to finally touch one another. To caress his one and only Love for the first and last time.
As Monkey started to envision the touch, he started thinking about not being able to touch Bubbles. How would he go back after he has touched the softest most pure thing in the Kingdom. What would life be like, he has dreamed of this moment his whole life and now all he can think about is going back to a life that couldn’t exist. These thoughts raced across his mind like waves in the ocean and sand blowing in the air. Changing and shifting was going on in Monkeys head and all Monkey wanted was stability again. So he shared his thoughts with Bubbles and she replied to not worry. “Be calm my dear Monkey,” replied Bubbles. “All is well, and will be, you have an always will be my everything. You have had patience, and wonder, you have desires matched with stability. Just you being, is enough.”
She always comforts him in his thoughts, she always has a way with words. A way of how to take dark into light and light into lighter. They are two days into there journey and every night Monkey just wants to drink the potion and hold his life long dream at last. But nothing will come between him and his moment.
When they approach the entrance of the Mountain of Knowledge and Rest Bubbles tells Monkey she can’t go any further that she will wait for him. Monkey doesn’t understand because she is always with him. They do everything together, he knows he can’t touch her but she has still always been. They spend an entire day together at the bottom of the mountain just to absorb each other one last time for the journey that lies ahead. Even though it is only a 4 day journey Monkey can’t remember the last time he had to even wait more than a hour to meet back up with Bubbles.
A Magic Tree Parrot is perched above Monkey and watches him the entire day. At the end of the day the Magic Tree Parrot flies down to the Monkey and asks him what he has been doing all day by himself. Monkey shocked by this comment replies,” By Myself? I have been here all day with the most amazing creation in the world! Bubbles is she and how could you have not seen her Splendor?”
The Magic Tree Parrot says that he posses all the magic of the Forrest and even he could not see what Monkey was talking about. Monkey responds:
“I know what I feel and I know what I am,
Even though you can’t see her, I know that I can.
I touch the day and I am the night,
I have known my love since my first wink of light.
A child was I, every since I have known,
And my love for her has Grown and Grown.
To Infinity and beyond the recordings of time,
We fit each other like the words of a rhyme.
Where one overlaps the other one begins,
We have been from the beginning and will last till the end.
So though you don’t see what I choose to do,
Always remember you don’t have to stick to any certain rule.
Rules have always been meant to break,
Give your self the strength and this is what I want you to make.
I want you to make a vision and hold it oh so tight,
Take that vision and hold it with all of your might.
And no matter what anyone says to thee,
You are the true artist in your mind let it be.
For no one in the world can take your sight from you,
If you believe with everything, the gates you have already walked through.”
The Magical Tree Parrot had so much pondering to do, he just flew away. Monkey started his decent on the Mountain of Knowledge and Rest though he couldn’t stand the thought of being away from his Love for 4 days; he knew his prize was worth the wait With no food or water Monkey walked and walked for what felt like a life time. On his third day he was so tired and hungry and thirsty his mind started to drift into his childhood. He remember all the things people told him not to do, and how the world wanted to create him into something that he was not, he was a loner and a free spirit. He cleansed in his thoughts of how he always took the path less traveled but ended up in the most amazing places as now. He finally made the top of the mountain and it was breathtaking.
You could see the village below and everything around. Monkey had never seen the world from such a high spot before other than his mind. It was so amazing, and so inspirational. The orange clouds surrounded Monkey in colors of yellows and purples with shapes of ever changing.
Monkey walked into the valley of the Mountain of Knowledge and Rest and was drawn to the most enormous White Sand Stone Wishing Well Monkey could ever imagine. The top of the Mountain was so peaceful, the sound of the running water and the color of it was like that of liquid angel tears. Glowing Pearl White on the edge and Platinum Silver running through the heart. Monkey bowed down to this sacred fountain and touched his face in the Enchanted Liquid. He could feel the waters surfing though his body, through each and every molecule like that of a whisper of kisses told in your ear.
As Monkey leaned over his magic potion accidentally fell into the Wishing Well and Monkey instantly fell into a deep sleep along side the water. Legend has it Monkey didn’t wake up for 333 days and 333 nights. There is still a poem along side the fountain that took 33 years to etch into the ground and it reads:
“I once was just a monkey of love till the day that you came around,
And on that day you filled me with splendor, and the air became the ground.
The ground became the sky and the day turned into night,
The night became the endless moment, until at last I saw your sight.
Then I reached out with my own two hands to touch the face of an angel,
Before I touched her I realized I always had, before birth we have been entangled.
Two creations that have always been made as one, even when your not around,
Both one with the moon and stars even though your feet haven’t left the ground.
We are all one thing and we can’t deny it, even though many have often tried,
Everyone has there own chariot driver ready to take them on there ultimate ride.
To get on and take that chance, only you will ever know,
For just as the seasons your heart will experience the sun, the rain and the snow.
For half is dark and half is light, balance will always remain the same,
Never question the universe for it is not yours to tame.
But live in it with endless wonder and light will always find your face,
Not knowing where you next meal might come, is the ultimate taste.
Now back to the touch I must express that has always been there for me,
We created something called Monkey Bubbles, In my heart we will always be.”
And that is where the story ends until another chapter is born. But I want you to know that by Monkey spilling the Magic Potion into the Wishing Well, everyone may now touch there Bubbles. From that day on, people willing to make that hike to the top of the mountain may dink from it and touch there own Bubbles. If you believe in the magic of love, go drink from that wishing well and find you own true love and hold on to it tight and never let go even if nobody else can see her!
And that is how the legend of throwing a coin in a wishing well was made!
What are you going to wish for? By Pauly
By Paul David Allen November something, 2011 at a Magic Park in Ft Laudy Florida J
