wildflowers

I used to dream of being a rose 
Their petals 
Their praise 
Their place 
I wondered 
Why i wasnt made like them 
So I I used to dream of being a rose 
Their petals 
Their praise 
Their place 
I wondered 
Why I wasn't made like them 
So I stretched toward a life 
That was never mine 
No matter how hard i tried 
I still bloomed like me 
Then the gardener whispered 
“I never asked you to be a rose” 
So i stopped apologizing
For my petals 
I let the wind know my name 
I let my roots stay deep  
Because wildflowers don't ask to be roses 
They bloom 
And maybe the closet flowers to heaven 
Are the ones that never asked to be 
Anything else 
 toward a life 
That was never mine 
No matter how hard i tried 
I still bloomed like me 
Then the gardener whispered 
“I never asked you to be a rose” 
So i stopped apologizing
For my petals 
I let the wind know my name 
I let my roots stay deep  
Because wildflowers don't ask to be roses 
They bloom 
And maybe the closet flowers to heaven 
Are the ones that never asked to be 
Anything else
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