Because I make mistakes,
Because sometimes I take the right turn
When I’m supposed to take the left,
Or the left turn
When I’m supposed to take the right,
Because sometimes I walk straight on
When I’m supposed to stop,
Or loiter when
I should be walking on …

It’s because I know I make mistakes
That I’ll think a hundred times and more
Before I turn my back on you
When you make them too –
When you take the right turn
Instead of the left,
Or the left one
Instead of the right,
Or when you keep walking
When you should be stopping,
Or begin to loiter
Instead of walking on…

I’ll understand your plight –
And together we’ll fight
For our right to make mistakes
And mend our truant ways.

© by Gautam Sen.
Used with the author’s permission.