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A soft glow of moonlight
          Drapes the new fallen snow
The shadows are dancing
          In the cold winds that blow
While off in the distance
          A silhouette appears
The sight of a stranger
          Grips my body with fears
I watch as he's coming
     Closer and closer still
I no longer feel safe
          And shutter with a chill
I move from the window
     And over to the side
Peeking behind curtains
          It feels safer to hide
But still he draws nearer
          His face now in full view
I see signs of torment
          Maybe rage, I've no clue
The phone is not working
          Thanks to ice laden limbs
As he nears the front porch
          All my hope quickly dims
I see him hunched over
          What is that he's folding
He's not wearing a shirt
          It's a coat he's holding
This must be a madman
          I'm now frozen in fear
The sound of his footsteps
          At the door disappear
I look in my horror
          That it's not even locked
The doorknob is turning
          As it opens I'm shocked
To see a bloody hand
          Push the door open wide
I'm starting to feel faint
          The strangers now inside
Without hesitation
          He runs straight up to me
A thrust to my stomach
          I look down and I see
In my arms is his coat
          There is blood everywhere
I looked back at his eyes
          There is a distant stare
He turns and runs outside
          Closing the door behind
My back slides down the wall
          A chill goes down my spine
I look out the window
          And watch him disappear
Now sitting on the floor
          A faint crying I hear
I look down in my lap
           At the blood covered coat
I start to unfold it
          There's a lump in my throat
A babe, no, a newborn
          It's chord tied in a knot
I arose to my feet
          As my mind raced a lot
Clean towels, warm water
          Think! Think! What do I need
I gathered my senses
          I had no time to heed
I did all that I could
          And now held close to me
This new life was sleeping
          Resting so quietly
I looked out the window
          At the new fallen snow
The shadows were dancing
     In the moonlights soft glow
While off in the distance
          A silhouette appears
A sight so disturbing
          My eyes swell up with tears          
I ran to get blankets
          Then ran for all my life
To reach and help this man
          Now carrying his wife
I draped them with blankets
          And led them back inside
Showed him where to lay her
          And then the baby cried



Giving her the infant
          I noticed that her skirt
Un-torn and that the man
          For bandage used his shirt
Seeing to each their needs
          Making them feel at home
Mother and child resting
          Left me with him alone
Motioning with his hands
          For something which to write
I gave him pen and paper
          And then turned on a light
While he wrote I watched him
          He'd look at me and smiled
Then went back to writing
          For quiet a little while
After neatly folding it
          He placed it in my hand
Looked in on wife and child
          And in their doorway stand
The letter he wrote me
           Explained the night he had
In route to hospital
          How everything turned bad
The snow on the highway
          Had caused the car to skid
Off the road getting stuck
          No matter what they did
He had to go get help
          But didn't get very far
Hearing his wife screaming
          He ran back to the car
His wife was giving birth
          He had to help her now
Uncertain what to do
          Still they managed somehow
And then the engine died
          No longer giving heat
Not one car came by them
          The cold a sure defeat
Seeing just a mailbox
          Up the driveway he ran
The lights on in my house
          Strengthened this weary man

He saw me from a far
          In the window I stood
He cried out for my help
          His voice was no good
The distance he had run
          All he could do was smile
From my house to the road
          It is almost a mile
Without even a shirt
          Three trips he had made
To give his loved ones warmth
          Their lives had been saved
He turned and looked at me
          A tear was in his eye
He whispered, God bless you
          And I started to cry
Then he knelt by my side
          With his hand wiped my tears
Kissed my cheek so softly          
          It cleansed me of my fears
He then went and laid down
          Beside his wife and child
Closing the bedroom door
          He looked at me and smiled
I walked to the window
          And saw a new day start
The sun began to rise
          New warmth was in my heart
The blanket of new snow
     Glistening in the light
And off in the distance
          A figure caught my sight
I rubbed my now tired eyes
          It wasn't there at all
The baby starting crying
          I heard the mother call
I opened the door and asked
          If she needed anything
Holding the baby at breast
     I saw her wedding ring
She asked me how she got here
          Remembering her car
I told her she was carried
          And then told her how far



I asked where was her husband
          She looked at me and cried
She said it's been two months now
          Since her husband had died
My hands started trembling
          The letter fell from them
I ran to get the coat
          And shirt that came from him
But nothing could be found
          They simply were not there
I picked up the letter
          Unfolded it with care
Tears fell on a blank page
          This just couldn't be true
But in the tears I saw them
          Whispered words…God bless you!


Copyright © 2004 Lester Tucker








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