Los Angeles Search and Find
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- Written January 2010
Sheltered in the Bell
Ninety days free of charge
Our anonymous service-user
Monitored half-hourly
For the sake of others.
Housed in Alegria
And allowed to stay
On indefinite tenure
While hope is born
In vulnerability.
Registered under a Red Shield
Around the Lakers’ basket
Competition without combat
Bringing peace
To the streets.
Walked down Hollywood On the pavement of fame
Past theatres of a million images
With footprints scarred
In solidified sand.
Processed past fourteen stations
Around Forest Lawns
To take up a cross
On a hundred foot canvas
While others watch.
Paraded with roses down Pasadena
Sharing the excitement of past experience
Over cappuccino at Starbucks -
Our own Grand Marshall
A cut above the rest.
January 2010
‘Where is Christ?’ was a question as we visited several Salvation Army programmes in Los Angeles – The Bell Shelter, Alegria and The Red Shield Youth & Community Centre.
The question continued as we visited other parts of Los Angeles, including Hollywood, The Crucifixion at Forest Lawns Cemetery and then watched Captain Chesley Sullenberger III being honoured as Grand Marshall in the parade of The Tournament of Roses, with its 2010 theme: A Cut above the Rest.
But sometimes it was just over a cup of coffee together that we sensed His presence.
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