wherever you are I want to thank you
for giving me the wrong directions that day
in upstate New York
                                  because of you
I drove north and missed the turnpike
I never would have spent the night
in St. Albans, Vermont

                                   thank you
for setting back my life one day
because of you I found the slippery roads
through the White Mountains and the building snows 
into Maine

                                   it's true
only you made me realize
how dependent I had become on others
and how easily I could get lost on my own
I'm grateful for your carelessness or your ignorance

Thank you for being there when I needed you