She stopped listening She pushed the bullies off a cliff in her colorful dreams Though they returned she moved forward This is not a teenage lament See it stays with you because it is hard to let go of When you see another go through it and all you can do is listen In this case Never judge You are not like them You are not supposed to be You stand out in a crowd though you don't see Better this way Until you see the Ugly Ducking is really a Swam Kind. sweet, patient and better than they could ever dream of being Anything other Quack them