Pigeons are just a type of bird. Like a peacock. Like the beautiful swan at the lake.

“Look, daddy! So pretty!” a five-year-old coos.

From a distance, an old woman watches the lively duo as she tosses bread to a pigeon.

“Who says we ugly ducklings are better off changing?”

Angelica Jimenez is a teenage writer who currently serves as an editor for her high school’s literary magazine, Sin Fronteras. She has also been published in Friday Flash Fiction and has served as a community ambassador at Write the World, a global platform for teenage writers.