Unending Wish

I wished to be a fish

Able to swim the deepest depths of the sea

I wished to be a bird

Able to fly the highest points in the sky

I wished to be an ant

Able to crawl the bowels of the Earth

I wished to be a star

Able to shine for the entire Universe to see

I wished to be a grain of sand

Able to be set adrift with no idea of my destination

I wished to be a cloud

Able to drift in the wind and see everything below

I wished to be a note of music

Able to linger in one's memory for all eternity

I wished to be the perfect daughter

Able to accomplish all her mother and father hopes

I wished to be the perfect human

Able to put an end to all unhappiness

I wished to be the perfect Christian

Never sinning and making God sad

I wished to be an angel

To be able to worship God at his feet

I wished to be the perfect friend

To always be there for everyone

I wished to do all the right things

I wished to be all that they want me to be

To be able to never disappoint

Always do what's best

How can a wish so fervently sought

Create nothing but a knot

They called it freedom how I was raised

Too long I stayed there, enslaved

Time has moved on since then

Such a strange sensation this zen

Now I have just one wish

I wish to be just me

Such a profound switch

To the lock I faced I found the key