there once was a spider
that came out the blue
crawled from out of my sandal
that I dropped next to my boots
he looked right at me
like, who are you
as we both stood there waiting
for the other to make the next move
surprised, and hesitated from a fear of spider
but I knew just what I had to do
and as I gathered the courage
my friend stepped in, and smashed him with his shoe
so it became a story to tell
as a new bond had bloomed
because he was helping me
not just keeping the spider out of another room
and that moment became a light
through a day that started in gloom
but this is what you didn’t get from this story
it wasn’t just that he stepped in to kill a spider
he was protecting the little that we have
this is our world,
all intrusions aren’t forgiven
so we are lonely here
and he did what he did to gain a friend
having more than a story to tell-
one to share
this was a bridge for friendship
we do for each other
we stick together
and that spider is now stuck to the ground
let that be a symbol for something deeper