No Plagiarism!SpVUwDFYLv1vYak6fYjgposted 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 protection961PENANA6AXtpVlIDG 維尼
Not a Cinderella Story8964 copyright protection961PENANAvzmmZyxmU6 維尼
So I’ve never done this before8964 copyright protection961PENANALCSlwHj0l7 維尼
and now that I’m here8964 copyright protection961PENANA0o7nBemoHj 維尼
I have nothing to say.8964 copyright protection961PENANA5gEbvGRFq2 維尼
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Nothing compared to8964 copyright protection961PENANAfrAoTnqkeJ 維尼
poems spun from silver,8964 copyright protection961PENANAzpViaW56Yh 維尼
diamond dewdrops8964 copyright protection961PENANA4EvRSTToMI 維尼
glistening in morning sunrays8964 copyright protection961PENANAq2ZT06msCu 維尼
set on iridescent spider silk webs.8964 copyright protection961PENANAjn7BT70x80 維尼
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No. My poem is like a8964 copyright protection961PENANAFkqujwcIpl 維尼
blundering giant.8964 copyright protection961PENANAeCotabBNuR 維尼
Ground shaking footsteps,8964 copyright protection961PENANAwRKgNmOqLw 維尼
a trail of broken treetops8964 copyright protection961PENANASelxjPmQ6z 維尼
left in its wake8964 copyright protection961PENANACO8tuItqRz 維尼
like twigs underfoot.8964 copyright protection961PENANAi9pen3UU3R 維尼
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My words are like leaden letters8964 copyright protection961PENANAC7a4V6k4YD 維尼
falling off leather tongues8964 copyright protection961PENANAQiGiTnmJs6 維尼
which are nothing like8964 copyright protection961PENANAE5jlf0qJVC 維尼
trilobite fossils,8964 copyright protection961PENANATAIhbTWTAZ 維尼
slender filaments of calcified shell8964 copyright protection961PENANApNFueuScEE 維尼
etched into rock forever.8964 copyright protection961PENANASrS8RHT86w 維尼
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I cannot compare to8964 copyright protection961PENANAomCzJmYIC3 維尼
finely woven tapestries8964 copyright protection961PENANALgcmGnWAmK 維尼
with fairy tale images8964 copyright protection961PENANAuHLVctCc2V 維尼
that seem to jump off the page.8964 copyright protection961PENANAkVA7rC4yWR 維尼
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So I’m stuck standing in the shadows,8964 copyright protection961PENANAo7b6U1Fh2E 維尼
afraid to be left in the dark8964 copyright protection961PENANA6FTOkKUXIH 維尼
but also afraid to step forward8964 copyright protection961PENANAXdtox99sKE 維尼
lest the spotlight focus in,8964 copyright protection961PENANAzv0tRjY7dm 維尼
blinding.8964 copyright protection961PENANA9weZ0z8YW0 維尼
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But sometimes I’m trapped in the spotlight anyway8964 copyright protection961PENANAjCtv5jKeJ4 維尼
and Rumpelstiltskin’s name lodges in my throat.8964 copyright protection961PENANAYuJY4ri1wh 維尼
Awkward syllables scattered across the floor8964 copyright protection961PENANAlQsZ2nzwno 維尼
like bracelet beads,8964 copyright protection961PENANAFa6bUN4CYi 維尼
no order to shape meaning8964 copyright protection961PENANAVNomS8vCCX 維尼
from random letters in alphabet soup.8964 copyright protection961PENANAAYhaPUFons 維尼
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And I’m standing here waiting for8964 copyright protection961PENANAiTunP9Fdck 維尼
Prince Charming to sweep me off my feet8964 copyright protection961PENANAru8ga0MCrk 維尼
and save me from my blundering giants,8964 copyright protection961PENANA0XL3gD600x 維尼
and broken bracelets8964 copyright protection961PENANA0p8sX9w8ly 維尼
but this isn’t a fairy tale.8964 copyright protection961PENANAM9E448quMf 維尼
There aren’t any evil step-mothers, glass slippers, or princes.8964 copyright protection961PENANASjNVQYWjFP 維尼
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So I’m left to face my dragons alone in their lairs8964 copyright protection961PENANAEDqMBwWmYH 維尼
where gold puddles mix with dragon flame8964 copyright protection961PENANAPwqdroGdLA 維尼
as my words are torched and set to burn.8964 copyright protection961PENANA4nllvniXiQ 維尼
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And my own inner demons shutter me8964 copyright protection961PENANA9GXEwPzSXO 維尼
into my past like Cinderella’s step-mother locked8964 copyright protection961PENANAHLjDZfKlPh 維尼
her in the attic to silence her.8964 copyright protection961PENANAqqBc6TZTlO 維尼
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I am silenced too8964 copyright protection961PENANAlS75QZqPV9 維尼
because discontent roils in Moby Dick’s stomach.8964 copyright protection961PENANAtcU0i4wJ3o 維尼
A choppy sea does not lend to smooth sailing.8964 copyright protection961PENANAvt7mlB45p5 維尼
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And I am lost because I cannot move forward8964 copyright protection961PENANA63Jm4CB1Qg 維尼
without knowing who I was,8964 copyright protection961PENANAfNzEzVwhyC 維尼
and I can’t see the point because I cannot write a poem.8964 copyright protection961PENANA1CWyehzICy 維尼
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