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When everyone laughed,
I, the brunt of their joke,
learned very quickly
not to speak my true thoughts.

But in the cave of my mind,
no one could hurt me.
No one could jeer
at the stories I fashioned,
where I was the princess
astride a black stallion,
who tossed its long mane
and arched its fine neck,
as we galloped across
the velvety emerald fields.

In this land of my dreams,
the dragons in shimmery greens,
would fly me about
through a score of black nights,
and we’d dip down our toes
in the gentle warm seas,
then visit the dwarves,
who plucked at their beards
each time that I kissed them.

And oh, how these friends
were awed by my powers.
For I could throw magic
at any who crossed me.
But, I never once did
for everyone loved me.

You see, there I was clever,
Courageous, and grand
in that forest of fantasy,
in the cave of my mind.