It was a crisp September day in Buffalo, I walked into the E.H. Butler Library only to find a billboard announcing a poet is currently on campus. I walk up the stairs, to my surprise, I see a slender young man with an afro and glasses reciting his poem. I make my way to my seat and I know deeply, this would not be a chance encounter. Nelson walks over to me after the event and says, “I really enjoyed your poems, would you mind helping me with my poetry?” That one question has led us here & my heart can barely take it. Oh how God knows us far too well. I cant wait to spend the rest of my life with Nelson Tirado III.