Two Days Before Christmas

Where were Mary and Joseph two days before Christmas?
Did they even know that Christmas was coming,
Would be arriving so soon?
Were they trudging under broiling sun or tender moon
Up hill and down difficult slopes?
Surely there was sweat running under their robes,
Mary inhaling and exhaling heavily, heaving a sigh;
Would the day draw nigh?
When would the child be born?
That night?
The next morn?
Only imagination works to draw these thoughts of
Mary and Joseph
Two days before Christmas.