No Plagiarism!7IqW54EETc2tnMS37UeSposted 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 protection669PENANASDaIzclfIG 維尼
Not a Cinderella Story8964 copyright protection669PENANApImd2eFu9e 維尼
So I’ve never done this before8964 copyright protection669PENANAK2wGMLnP47 維尼
and now that I’m here8964 copyright protection669PENANACiyIrscA5Z 維尼
I have nothing to say.8964 copyright protection669PENANA9qctuSSe2t 維尼
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Nothing compared to8964 copyright protection669PENANALlEv5t76Fn 維尼
poems spun from silver,8964 copyright protection669PENANAEYPIGr4Qhx 維尼
diamond dewdrops8964 copyright protection669PENANAzDibnuHzbS 維尼
glistening in morning sunrays8964 copyright protection669PENANAzrQr4O898i 維尼
set on iridescent spider silk webs.8964 copyright protection669PENANAO10ABKuVK4 維尼
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No. My poem is like a8964 copyright protection669PENANACA8ykC2tAj 維尼
blundering giant.8964 copyright protection669PENANArVP1iE8tHR 維尼
Ground shaking footsteps,8964 copyright protection669PENANAF9TNXwk0vm 維尼
a trail of broken treetops8964 copyright protection669PENANABrIySYovLQ 維尼
left in its wake8964 copyright protection669PENANAQKvUgOvGb1 維尼
like twigs underfoot.8964 copyright protection669PENANAKw0ZhkZ5HC 維尼
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My words are like leaden letters8964 copyright protection669PENANAsu3xOPGFew 維尼
falling off leather tongues8964 copyright protection669PENANAQnMay8MTRn 維尼
which are nothing like8964 copyright protection669PENANApv7vlwksYd 維尼
trilobite fossils,8964 copyright protection669PENANAeucGeujUX2 維尼
slender filaments of calcified shell8964 copyright protection669PENANAJlPbj2TXQH 維尼
etched into rock forever.8964 copyright protection669PENANAXGVn2n4gSq 維尼
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I cannot compare to8964 copyright protection669PENANA4Oy3ljz4d6 維尼
finely woven tapestries8964 copyright protection669PENANAuV6AYzF4Tl 維尼
with fairy tale images8964 copyright protection669PENANAjecOP4xVSF 維尼
that seem to jump off the page.8964 copyright protection669PENANAPZyB6m1lZo 維尼
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So I’m stuck standing in the shadows,8964 copyright protection669PENANACz2TdD9VjU 維尼
afraid to be left in the dark8964 copyright protection669PENANAyfQ4xB7meK 維尼
but also afraid to step forward8964 copyright protection669PENANAkjUSYfFOmL 維尼
lest the spotlight focus in,8964 copyright protection669PENANAqvIS2txlcS 維尼
blinding.8964 copyright protection669PENANAnaoGyu3gYV 維尼
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But sometimes I’m trapped in the spotlight anyway8964 copyright protection669PENANAJU8LoGvAho 維尼
and Rumpelstiltskin’s name lodges in my throat.8964 copyright protection669PENANA3OV4XVwoSu 維尼
Awkward syllables scattered across the floor8964 copyright protection669PENANANXMr8ItpPl 維尼
like bracelet beads,8964 copyright protection669PENANA9zyqIzp3k4 維尼
no order to shape meaning8964 copyright protection669PENANA8FGDkMFbyz 維尼
from random letters in alphabet soup.8964 copyright protection669PENANAU40KGhuZxk 維尼
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And I’m standing here waiting for8964 copyright protection669PENANAQ40f9MCtDZ 維尼
Prince Charming to sweep me off my feet8964 copyright protection669PENANAx18HEx6iX7 維尼
and save me from my blundering giants,8964 copyright protection669PENANASfJTKhvOxI 維尼
and broken bracelets8964 copyright protection669PENANA2F43KQnsDS 維尼
but this isn’t a fairy tale.8964 copyright protection669PENANA3cDVGqF5B1 維尼
There aren’t any evil step-mothers, glass slippers, or princes.8964 copyright protection669PENANARNUv0bff26 維尼
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So I’m left to face my dragons alone in their lairs8964 copyright protection669PENANAralNzHLIdF 維尼
where gold puddles mix with dragon flame8964 copyright protection669PENANAEiIyZydSZo 維尼
as my words are torched and set to burn.8964 copyright protection669PENANAADcNwDtm9U 維尼
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And my own inner demons shutter me8964 copyright protection669PENANAQnCRcEIwdp 維尼
into my past like Cinderella’s step-mother locked8964 copyright protection669PENANAoBWYcG3gWw 維尼
her in the attic to silence her.8964 copyright protection669PENANA5NMuwsG3oI 維尼
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I am silenced too8964 copyright protection669PENANAzXp4jCiGTz 維尼
because discontent roils in Moby Dick’s stomach.8964 copyright protection669PENANA9touvPZUMe 維尼
A choppy sea does not lend to smooth sailing.8964 copyright protection669PENANAgm7YwVyERe 維尼
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And I am lost because I cannot move forward8964 copyright protection669PENANAxw3xjmERJH 維尼
without knowing who I was,8964 copyright protection669PENANACtXp4m6bJ4 維尼
and I can’t see the point because I cannot write a poem.8964 copyright protection669PENANAvWmqksEFfe 維尼
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