I am a flower

Would you paint me like the tulips,
Soft and bright beneath the sky?
Would you gift me like the roses,
To make a heart beat high?

I open wide in morning sun,
My colors shining true.
The earth is where my roots belong,
The sky is all I view.

The rain will fall to cool my face,
The breeze will make me sway.
The meadow sings, the rivers laugh,
I bloom in my own way.

I am a flower, glad and free,
A friend to light and air.
I am a flower, full of life,
And love is everywhere.

No vase is needed for my joy,
No hands to hold me near.
For I am a wildflower:
Untouched, untamed,