[00:00.00]The Petal House - Alondra Bentley
[00:31.88]What went wrong
[00:35.00]I left the womb expecting to find
[00:43.45]Someone who gave no sign
[00:50.60]Of wasted time or failure
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[01:02.65]Southern grounds were not as good
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[01:10.36]Wild sun and violent floods
[01:18.06]Overwhelming motherhood and strangers
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[02:03.71]Smile child
[02:11.12]Seeds are signs to know your way
[02:18.15]Cherish them
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[02:22.31]They'll avoid your failure
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[02:34.19]Don't look now
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[02:45.22]The signs have blown away
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[02:49.49]None are left
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[02:53.50]We expect your failure