The Highway Man's Seven Cold Nights

As night time came upon my journey,

I decided not to stop.

The stars shining in the sky,

were so mesmerizing,

that it seemed,

as though I forgot.

It was a brisk, clear, quiet night,

and as I was walking,

along the empty highway,

I saw something miraculous,

in the clouds.

The stars shone ten times brighter,

which made them,

ten times more beautiful.

I paused.

They began to speak saying,

"You will go another way.

It will take seven cold nights.

Still, it will be worth it.

Seven days from now,

a child will be born.

Seven days from here.

The world will change,

in a magnificent way.

However, when you arrive,

you must not make your presence known".

When the voice had went away,

I began my seven cold nights.

I had no directions.

I had no map.

I had no instructions.

All I knew was that,

I must travel by night.

Nevertheless,

I pushed forward.

'Who was this child',

I asked myself.

'Why was I chosen?

When I arrive,

why couldn't my presence,

be made known',

I thought.

It was not an easy journey,

but I pushed through.

The nights were freezing.

Because I slept through the day,

I rarely ate.

Still, I pushed through.

The seventh night had come.

I saw a star,

that stood out,

and shone brighter than the rest.

I knew that, finally, I was near my destination.

'You must not,

make your presence known',

I remembered the voice telling me.

There was a stable,

not far me.

This was it.

This was the place.

I snuck quietly,

over to the stable.

I peaked in,

so that no one would notice me.

There were other people,

gathered in the stable.

I saw,

what looked to me like sheppards.

There were plenty of animals there too.

I saw,

what must have been the husband,

next to his pregnant wife.

Who would allow a pregnant woman,

to lay on the floor?

Maybe, there was no where else to go.

As I kept quietly staring in awe,

through a crack in the back of the stable.

I began to hear crying.

I tried to see,

what was going on,

but I couldn't.

The sheppards,

were in the way.

Then, I saw,

the most beautiful sight,

in my life,

when the mother placed,

the child in a manger.

Now the story of the highway man,

is not biblical.

However, that night,

someone may,

or may not have been peaking through the stable,

and this short story,

was based on beautifull miraculous true events.