Sometimes in the middle 
Of an ordinary day 
You’ll find yourself 
Meeting extraordinary people 
Who will serendipitously 
Turn your whole world upside 
All because you tripped and fell 
Going up a set of stairs on a campus
There should have been a caution sign 
There indeed wasn’t one at all 
On this day who was to know
That fall would cause the split 
In both knees of your favorite jeans
Causing blood to and tears and laughter 
To spill out into a university hallway 
Where you would end up meeting 
Your best friend who had come from 
A half a world away, Sweden 
Just to hand you some paper towels 
With a smile and kind words 
And continue to save you through
all of life’s challenges and bullshit
For the rest the rest of your adulthoods
Who knew she was the girl best friend 
Who liked horses, you’d been wishing for 
All those years ago during your youth 
As you raced through your uncle’s pastures. 
Nevertheless, the universe does hear us,
Sometimes.