I – Island

If you are just starting to read this, you might first want to go back to the beginning of this story –  H – Harbinger https://www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p=5019

At the beginning of this story, I was despondent about a rainy day in March. A man in a multi-colored jacket tells me I will have a good day. In a park, a translucent rainbow appears, ending at my feet. Through it, I see many images of different locations and scenes. As I touch the rainbow, something happens.

(Part 2 of 3 of the Harbinger story)

I – Island 

When I touched the rainbow, it dissolved around me. I found myself in the last scene that I had been viewing through the rainbow. Now, instead of standing in a park confronted by a rainbow, I was standing on a beach confronted by miles and miles of ocean. The beach was covered with pristine white sand. Behind me, there was an assortment of trees and flowers that I could only describe as the colors of the rainbow. The sky was clear, majestic blue. 

The disappointment that I had felt at the beginning of this day suddenly turned into a marvel of inspired hope. I started walking along the beach. The scenery basically followed the path that I took. It took maybe an hour, and I ended up in the same place that I had started from. This was a very small island. 

Was it deserted? Where in the world did this place exist? Inquiring minds wanted to know. 

I sat down on the beach, staring out at the ocean before me. There was a slight wind coming in towards shore, a gentle wind, a calming wind. It wasn’t long before I found myself asleep.

Lately, whenever I’ve been asleep, all I could dream about were things I had to accomplish, deadlines that were due, angry people I had to deal with, and other things that were connected to work and my life. Sleeping hadn’t been a simple process. All those thoughts that cropped into my brain created angst and stress. I would wake up multiple times, finding it more difficult to return to slumber. 

When fully awake, maybe one of those worries returned to my mind. The rest were just filed away and forgotten, waiting for another opportunity so they could continue to trouble my sleep. I was always tired. This was why having a rainy day when this day started just added to my gloom.

But this beach, this calmness and purity that put me to sleep, was different. 

This sleep had dreams too, but they were dreams of comforting events. They were dreams of love. They were dreams of friendship. They were dreams of peace. And when I woke up from this sleep, not only was I rested, but I remembered them all. It was as if someone, knowing my life, was sending me this message of comfort. 

But I was still on my own. Where were all the people? What were they like?

I got up and walked towards the boundary of flowers. They were in groups. Each group of flowers had a distinct color. There were red ones, orange ones, yellow ones, green ones, blue ones, indigo ones, and violet ones. As I said, all the colors of the rainbow. 

In the midst of all these different colors, there was one group of white flowers on a bush. Those white flowers had a strong, sweet scent. I thought that I recognized what type of flower they were.

I bent down to get a closer examination of the flower, reached across to pick one, and as soon as I touched it, everything disappeared.

To be Continued in J – Jasmine