I was that kid-in-a-corner
One Hand welded to
A chain link fence
Trying to pry my way to
A place
I imagined there were friends
And I remember crying
Because I really didn't
Get it, the way others did
Why the sand sifting through
My other hand
Was the only one who
Would whisper anything to me
Mommy said to grow up
That every body had a trouble
Daddy said that I was special
That my diamond was just
A smidgen too rough
I never really was sure
As my blue eyes swept the asphalt
Which thing hurt me more
That I was just too normal
Or so special people thought me strange
But in my dreams I was
princess-in-the-castle
Or cowgirl-on-the-range
So there I rode my sand-box pony
And danced in my chain-link ballroom
Till I met a lanky stranger
And together we were strange