No Plagiarism!mXiQsPXf5jcd3vsPdVu9posted 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 protection646PENANAeJjfUzB0b6 維尼
Not a Cinderella Story8964 copyright protection646PENANALiTkvcGVbW 維尼
So I’ve never done this before8964 copyright protection646PENANAq0gmPtIZwk 維尼
and now that I’m here8964 copyright protection646PENANAyBn153Umxo 維尼
I have nothing to say.8964 copyright protection646PENANAOKxk93g6Ym 維尼
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Nothing compared to8964 copyright protection646PENANAwhVfq3grzJ 維尼
poems spun from silver,8964 copyright protection646PENANAKPhUzNefy9 維尼
diamond dewdrops8964 copyright protection646PENANAlpUEqoJnAT 維尼
glistening in morning sunrays8964 copyright protection646PENANAcyW6Fofz2Z 維尼
set on iridescent spider silk webs.8964 copyright protection646PENANA3Cad0Mrn0Q 維尼
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No. My poem is like a8964 copyright protection646PENANAsNyUdFfauw 維尼
blundering giant.8964 copyright protection646PENANAhgsa0ScfV1 維尼
Ground shaking footsteps,8964 copyright protection646PENANATDTc9cOtbT 維尼
a trail of broken treetops8964 copyright protection646PENANAbUzlG3gnKJ 維尼
left in its wake8964 copyright protection646PENANAacrGIPUB4O 維尼
like twigs underfoot.8964 copyright protection646PENANAYlv5SQ8p3a 維尼
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My words are like leaden letters8964 copyright protection646PENANAjd2261bx40 維尼
falling off leather tongues8964 copyright protection646PENANAOh2L6aYohB 維尼
which are nothing like8964 copyright protection646PENANA7n43roNygS 維尼
trilobite fossils,8964 copyright protection646PENANA88Xd1Ca53b 維尼
slender filaments of calcified shell8964 copyright protection646PENANAUHXaqY4XNn 維尼
etched into rock forever.8964 copyright protection646PENANAGyudClAaMA 維尼
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I cannot compare to8964 copyright protection646PENANAwgi3ZyK0mi 維尼
finely woven tapestries8964 copyright protection646PENANAL7XagFidlp 維尼
with fairy tale images8964 copyright protection646PENANA1eRDnKTqu9 維尼
that seem to jump off the page.8964 copyright protection646PENANAW04Z940zpb 維尼
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So I’m stuck standing in the shadows,8964 copyright protection646PENANATC7I7SROLX 維尼
afraid to be left in the dark8964 copyright protection646PENANAeFZKsbF1fH 維尼
but also afraid to step forward8964 copyright protection646PENANA3F6VUAROPu 維尼
lest the spotlight focus in,8964 copyright protection646PENANAhlrfRP49al 維尼
blinding.8964 copyright protection646PENANAYapodD55U1 維尼
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But sometimes I’m trapped in the spotlight anyway8964 copyright protection646PENANAUWn6i5nXrf 維尼
and Rumpelstiltskin’s name lodges in my throat.8964 copyright protection646PENANAXIo5puxQkO 維尼
Awkward syllables scattered across the floor8964 copyright protection646PENANAfaCJv3rFgN 維尼
like bracelet beads,8964 copyright protection646PENANA43sLSU90l0 維尼
no order to shape meaning8964 copyright protection646PENANAGPoZXGQiLz 維尼
from random letters in alphabet soup.8964 copyright protection646PENANAc5D19sftE5 維尼
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And I’m standing here waiting for8964 copyright protection646PENANATwUgKIhI0O 維尼
Prince Charming to sweep me off my feet8964 copyright protection646PENANADjT5j0bCJw 維尼
and save me from my blundering giants,8964 copyright protection646PENANAbiQQkFHuy3 維尼
and broken bracelets8964 copyright protection646PENANAdVgOqcOjBC 維尼
but this isn’t a fairy tale.8964 copyright protection646PENANAZTWaxgQrtK 維尼
There aren’t any evil step-mothers, glass slippers, or princes.8964 copyright protection646PENANAXbWbTA1poy 維尼
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So I’m left to face my dragons alone in their lairs8964 copyright protection646PENANA0lKbWxjP4a 維尼
where gold puddles mix with dragon flame8964 copyright protection646PENANA4TC2WzUBDd 維尼
as my words are torched and set to burn.8964 copyright protection646PENANAqsqCE1alqW 維尼
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And my own inner demons shutter me8964 copyright protection646PENANAKdRuMQtTRE 維尼
into my past like Cinderella’s step-mother locked8964 copyright protection646PENANAvNiLEWAsIV 維尼
her in the attic to silence her.8964 copyright protection646PENANAcHZEYrMB7p 維尼
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I am silenced too8964 copyright protection646PENANAHHQJLj9e5X 維尼
because discontent roils in Moby Dick’s stomach.8964 copyright protection646PENANA6pUlNfPlUu 維尼
A choppy sea does not lend to smooth sailing.8964 copyright protection646PENANAmq07rFmkJK 維尼
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And I am lost because I cannot move forward8964 copyright protection646PENANA5Jyq6yulfS 維尼
without knowing who I was,8964 copyright protection646PENANAgu8c5JpNHx 維尼
and I can’t see the point because I cannot write a poem.8964 copyright protection646PENANAUyWd70D6Zj 維尼
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