EGO AND MADELINE

A short story that is compiled of just this and only this




Walking down the trail of a location he does not know, Ego finds himself feeling free and full of life. Every breath entering his lungs is as wonderful as hidden nipples behind a buttoned blouse.

Ego stops and takes a minute to lean against a tree covered in moss and ponder on the thought he had about a mysterious woman. The image came into his mind shortly after feeling the delicacy of his freedom, the beauty of his breath. As Ego closed his eyes he was now somewhere else. A dream within a dream?

He was leaning against an Iron fence and on the other side of the fence was the woman. She was covered in a single piece of clothe that was slit down the middle and held together by buttons. It was not a jacket. It was not a dress. It was more life a sock made for the entire body. She glanced at him, as if she was armless, as if she was without any limbs and sighed

“You look a little pale Ego.”

“So does the sky… whats your name?”

“Whatever you want to make me is what I am Ego.”

“Madeline?”

Immediately the woman, without any hesitation responded, as if she had just been born.

“Yes.”

“What is going on? Can you explain to me where I am, What I am doing here? Is this a dream? Is this a dream within a dream? Is this reality? Is this enlightenment, heaven?”

“Ego, What does it matter? Are you enjoying yourself?”

“Extremely!”

Madeline unbuttoned the clasped seam beneath her jaw and revealed her delicate throat to Ego. Ego took a breath and everything seemed to become so much more beautiful. He took a deeper breath and again, everything became magnified.

“Madeline, What is this rod Iron fence doing here? Its separating us? I have a problem with separation”

“Why is that Ego?”

“Because I want to touch you. I want to see the glow beneath that garment.”

“Well this gate has openings. Reach right through and take what you want.”

Ego extended his arm outward to Madeline but could not move past the front of the gate. The opening of the gate was as clear as day and as solid as glass.

“I don’t understand Madeline, I cant not attain my desire for you.”

“Baby, Your still touching a tree.”

Ego realized that he was still stuck in the worry of knowing what dimension he had stepped into. That in itself was enough for him to realize that he had his feet in two different fields. An observer could say that Ego had one foot in the End Zone and another on Home Plate. Once Ego stepped became fully aware of the floating dust that separates nothing but is everything, he was able to ease the tips of his fingers past the cold Iron of the gate.

“Your as sweet as a sticky bun and as clueless as a question mark Ego.”

In one fluid motion Ego ran his index finger down Madelines throat, through all the buttons and stopped at her belly button. Madeline allowed her unbuttoned covering to catch the wind and blow away from her delicate shoulders. She was completely naked and glowing with the softness of a lotus pedal. Egos finger still rested in the oval of Madelines belly.

“I must tell you, Ive been known to lose my touch. Well, I should rephrase. I have been known to lose touch with myself and in a sense my own reality. Is that what is happening now?”

“How do you expect me to get turned on with that kind of nonsense. You know exactly what this is Ego. You are ruining it by trying to make it more than what it is!”

“I have panic attacks Madeline. Your beauty…”

“Forget about the panic attacks Ego! You’ve completely turned my peach into a horned melon!”

Madeline, Nude as birth, walked away from the gate and stepped into a garden with fresh herbs. She picked thyme, parsley and sage and held the herbs in her palm. She inhaled the aromas of their juices and walked back over to the iron fence.

“You see Ego, I am always here… I have always been here. How do you think I feel about you? You come to me when you please, when you need something, when you are desiring change…but have I ever found my way to you… No. I am here for you comfort and you don’t stay. You leave because you don’t realize how good this is! How good I am!”

“This is the first time I have seen you Madeline!”

“The first time you have seen me in this mold…Ego.”

Madeline walked over to Ego and stroked his face and whispered at the front of his lips

“Baby, Let me show you something.”

Suddenly everything was dark and Ego could not see anything.

“Hello…Madeline…!”

“Ego, it is as simple as this!”

The sound of two fingers snapping past each other echoed through the air and magically little white dots screamed out with light from the dark around Ego.

“STARS!”