Sunday, January 22, 2023

MAGI

"For we saw His star when it rose..." - Matthew 2:2


 I Have a really New project. Getting ready to publish stories and photos with a publisher in New York. I hope it all works out.  So far so good. Have been thinking about it for a year or two. Finally taking the plunge.  Hopefully a series of three books. 27  Manuscripts have already been submitted. Plus a ton of photos for them to sort out. Just waiting to see what's next ...Have been rewriting and rewriting for weeks.  This is one of the  rewritten stories. (One of my favs)...

MAGI

  The man saw the night let go  of its dreams and fall close to  dawn.The star had long since vanished.  The man hurried along the street, blackened and  gritty with gravel. Sleet  slapped at his walking cloak. The man stopped for a moment  to adjust his pack. Still a long ways to go. Must keep moving. Must keep on. Must not let them find me…..must not let them find Him.

The man could not believe  he had been there. The three of them. Together   they stood. Together they kneeled  to warm their hands at the fire. His fire.

 Gifts they gave. Gifts so rare.  As they sat and wondered at this Child. This  little one who had the eyes to see, and the ears to hear.

Candles flickered.. His parents hovered, as the Child took the man’s hand. And there was peace. Such peace the man felt. Then the three of them  left. To get ahead of the storm. They each took a different road .  They would never see each other again.

“You saw me, ” the man said. “You saw me…”

 The man knew he must keep going.  Into the bleak midwinter. The others  would be coming. They were relentless. He was no longer weary.   For the man had held the hand  of Him who was all things. This haunting, magical night of nights….

 

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