LundenTown

I made it to the peace chain.
I lay the clothes out on an old towel.
A lady comes and grabs half of it.
I stand with my honk for peace sign.
The wind is blowing ferociously.
Nevertheless, the honks were rolling in.
Then, a man appears in front of me.
He holds a Styrofoam board with sketches on it.
He says, "Here, so your sign doesn't blow away."
The drawings are beautiful egyptian motifs.
I say, "This is amazing, you did this?"
"It's nothing", he says.
I look closer at him and he is handsome.
Looks just like Bob Marley.
He is my height. He has a jamaican accent.
He has on a red, green and black beanie over his locs.
He smells like Africa. And, he is smiling sweetly.
You'd have thought I dreamed him up.
He says, "I am there." and he points up
I look confused.
He says, "Do you hear the music?"
And then, I tune in to reggae music coming from above my head.
He points to his window and says, "the one with the flower."
I then notice the silk flower on the window sill.
He tapes my sign to his foam board.
I tell him to come stand with me sometime, brother.
He replies, "One Love"  with a nod and a smile and disappears.
The rest of the hour I stand with a more sturdy board.
And I thank god for sending the man.
I begin to cry when I realize there is someone watching over me.
God didn't have to do that.
It was clearly a metaphor.
Where did this angel come from?
Why now?
I hop on the bus and head home.
Feeling like I did my job for the day.
The community responded with love.
And I know I was in the right place at the right time.
Next week's theme will be food donations.
I'm so ready to do this.
So grateful to be a blessing.