The gravel crunched under the tires of the old Ford as Silas pulled onto the shoulder of Highway 61. He didn’t stop because of a breakdown; he stopped because the sky looked like a bruised plum, and the air felt heavy with a secret.
In the backseat sat a vintage tube radio, humming with static. Silas adjusted the dial until the low, rhythmic thrum of a bass guitar cut through the white noise. It was that old song—the one about waiting. “Jesus gonna be here... be here soon.” Jesus Gonna Be Here
A pair of headlights appeared in the distance, shimmering through the heat haze. They didn't move like a car; they drifted, slow and steady, like a lantern carried by a walker. The gravel crunched under the tires of the
Silas straightened his cap. He didn't know if it was Him , or just a traveler looking for the way home. But as the music from the radio swelled, filling the empty fields with a gravelly promise, Silas smiled. He wasn't in a hurry. He had his bags packed in his heart, and he knew that when the guest finally arrived, he wouldn't need to say a word. Silas adjusted the dial until the low, rhythmic
Silas stepped out into the humid evening. He wasn’t a particularly religious man in the way the folks in town were—no Sunday best, no front-row pew. But he had a standing appointment. Every Tuesday at dusk, he’d wait by the mile marker where the sunflowers grew tallest.
He leaned against the warm metal of the hood and lit a cigarette. "Any time now," he whispered to the crickets.