No Plagiarism!CjN4Rym2hR84pZC6SXcyposted on PENANA A/N: I feel this poem needs a bit of background so I'm going to give my two cents before I start. The message behind "Not a Cinderella Story" was sparked by the first poetry slam I attended (where I was enthralled and cowed by the excellent performances in equal measure). It stems from my feeling of inadequacy afterward. Without further ado...8964 copyright protection647PENANAcFvfoVydet 維尼
Not a Cinderella Story8964 copyright protection647PENANADIJbvbmk9O 維尼
So I’ve never done this before8964 copyright protection647PENANAKeWyZYs2LG 維尼
and now that I’m here8964 copyright protection647PENANA2nDQomN0Fz 維尼
I have nothing to say.8964 copyright protection647PENANA2aNht0f40h 維尼
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Nothing compared to8964 copyright protection647PENANA9rS3qnLpQU 維尼
poems spun from silver,8964 copyright protection647PENANA1ZQDNoeKse 維尼
diamond dewdrops8964 copyright protection647PENANAf1AQK9e4GD 維尼
glistening in morning sunrays8964 copyright protection647PENANAOzJnOotatz 維尼
set on iridescent spider silk webs.8964 copyright protection647PENANAet39yWVzUR 維尼
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No. My poem is like a8964 copyright protection647PENANA9K4ZoWWjVm 維尼
blundering giant.8964 copyright protection647PENANA9hLM85XdSA 維尼
Ground shaking footsteps,8964 copyright protection647PENANArdUc2WmXdJ 維尼
a trail of broken treetops8964 copyright protection647PENANAUbWxoIGPk4 維尼
left in its wake8964 copyright protection647PENANAYVUZBOFP3F 維尼
like twigs underfoot.8964 copyright protection647PENANAmOzzEvjxFR 維尼
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My words are like leaden letters8964 copyright protection647PENANA1oB0JBmlb1 維尼
falling off leather tongues8964 copyright protection647PENANAjkH89iMz97 維尼
which are nothing like8964 copyright protection647PENANA5RInaSPCx5 維尼
trilobite fossils,8964 copyright protection647PENANAusGrEc1EuR 維尼
slender filaments of calcified shell8964 copyright protection647PENANAT0wGqJ4Fzx 維尼
etched into rock forever.8964 copyright protection647PENANAYAj7iucZR2 維尼
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I cannot compare to8964 copyright protection647PENANAm2wXGXfIew 維尼
finely woven tapestries8964 copyright protection647PENANAKl0SXKr6ZL 維尼
with fairy tale images8964 copyright protection647PENANAmG5jMjFUdx 維尼
that seem to jump off the page.8964 copyright protection647PENANAmC1EEw7vPd 維尼
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So I’m stuck standing in the shadows,8964 copyright protection647PENANA4WJoil113I 維尼
afraid to be left in the dark8964 copyright protection647PENANAooHTsJx3It 維尼
but also afraid to step forward8964 copyright protection647PENANApn4nVefkO4 維尼
lest the spotlight focus in,8964 copyright protection647PENANATyQjLSuRRS 維尼
blinding.8964 copyright protection647PENANAFr1iBUc5pn 維尼
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But sometimes I’m trapped in the spotlight anyway8964 copyright protection647PENANAFZzWzFNDzB 維尼
and Rumpelstiltskin’s name lodges in my throat.8964 copyright protection647PENANAOsUxiuKaCH 維尼
Awkward syllables scattered across the floor8964 copyright protection647PENANApF5fJrqhwc 維尼
like bracelet beads,8964 copyright protection647PENANADCHOpnytOD 維尼
no order to shape meaning8964 copyright protection647PENANA4qO6TixRVo 維尼
from random letters in alphabet soup.8964 copyright protection647PENANAjNGxJrakoE 維尼
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And I’m standing here waiting for8964 copyright protection647PENANA0zNVWhXFna 維尼
Prince Charming to sweep me off my feet8964 copyright protection647PENANAw2hHZLx9ab 維尼
and save me from my blundering giants,8964 copyright protection647PENANA1AUzCPEp2p 維尼
and broken bracelets8964 copyright protection647PENANA6L8Z16OqyD 維尼
but this isn’t a fairy tale.8964 copyright protection647PENANACZnqb0BRXL 維尼
There aren’t any evil step-mothers, glass slippers, or princes.8964 copyright protection647PENANAxEQYES2ggK 維尼
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So I’m left to face my dragons alone in their lairs8964 copyright protection647PENANA7xxwEFjjiN 維尼
where gold puddles mix with dragon flame8964 copyright protection647PENANAHEhUB76WxX 維尼
as my words are torched and set to burn.8964 copyright protection647PENANAx1zRloglyv 維尼
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And my own inner demons shutter me8964 copyright protection647PENANAl0eReCGPjh 維尼
into my past like Cinderella’s step-mother locked8964 copyright protection647PENANAtbaof8O61K 維尼
her in the attic to silence her.8964 copyright protection647PENANA4OGJzdJsZ8 維尼
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I am silenced too8964 copyright protection647PENANA7m0ajKXszr 維尼
because discontent roils in Moby Dick’s stomach.8964 copyright protection647PENANA2lonpiA3VB 維尼
A choppy sea does not lend to smooth sailing.8964 copyright protection647PENANAiuStlODCpL 維尼
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And I am lost because I cannot move forward8964 copyright protection647PENANAgXaFBtaXlU 維尼
without knowing who I was,8964 copyright protection647PENANA5WnkmsnYv6 維尼
and I can’t see the point because I cannot write a poem.8964 copyright protection647PENANAqSVgU4Yscb 維尼
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