how fallibly human

how fallibly human

i lived and laughed

and travelled and sketched

and loved and lost

and then from time to time

i renounced it all

and came a-wandering after you

and then all i lacked

were the saffron wraps

and i could’ve passed

as a mendicant

but time and again

away i was sent

you turned me away

and so off i went

and i lived and laughed

and travelled and sketched

and loved and lost

until the longing

brought me back

and then all i lacked

were the saffron wraps

and i could’ve passed

as a mendicant

oh how i’m smitten

how insanely in love am i

i cannot live and i cannot die

oh how i’m smitten

how i’m insanely in love

i cannot win and i cannot give up

so i just live and laugh

and travel and sketch

and love and lose

like a happy wretch

for what else is there

in this life to do

until i die

longing for you