No Plagiarism!TEhp98MfZJO2F7ozvH6Lposted 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 protection919PENANAUyDAESUHbA 維尼
Not a Cinderella Story8964 copyright protection919PENANAy7owjP4LRH 維尼
So I’ve never done this before8964 copyright protection919PENANABUTkpAxwiG 維尼
and now that I’m here8964 copyright protection919PENANA2xL7RQhqi4 維尼
I have nothing to say.8964 copyright protection919PENANAhnPUEzICIs 維尼
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Nothing compared to8964 copyright protection919PENANADplSXL8IeB 維尼
poems spun from silver,8964 copyright protection919PENANAl7qIUhhdvG 維尼
diamond dewdrops8964 copyright protection919PENANA51XL8aAurT 維尼
glistening in morning sunrays8964 copyright protection919PENANAF11QnTC8vt 維尼
set on iridescent spider silk webs.8964 copyright protection919PENANAKH4bk5Q2Vy 維尼
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No. My poem is like a8964 copyright protection919PENANASGwerBt45a 維尼
blundering giant.8964 copyright protection919PENANA7n8lu1uMoM 維尼
Ground shaking footsteps,8964 copyright protection919PENANAlkS5Zrpti1 維尼
a trail of broken treetops8964 copyright protection919PENANA8WTMeYoowz 維尼
left in its wake8964 copyright protection919PENANAyJU0j4EGlC 維尼
like twigs underfoot.8964 copyright protection919PENANAh3wKomymPu 維尼
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My words are like leaden letters8964 copyright protection919PENANArRKNQroq9P 維尼
falling off leather tongues8964 copyright protection919PENANAJNbLCC6wtj 維尼
which are nothing like8964 copyright protection919PENANAUS896odhTn 維尼
trilobite fossils,8964 copyright protection919PENANAloeWWj7h2B 維尼
slender filaments of calcified shell8964 copyright protection919PENANAH6n24hQtjE 維尼
etched into rock forever.8964 copyright protection919PENANAXrWXbapxup 維尼
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I cannot compare to8964 copyright protection919PENANAiJTBDkS6of 維尼
finely woven tapestries8964 copyright protection919PENANAVix8CLr96I 維尼
with fairy tale images8964 copyright protection919PENANAkitMCgVliM 維尼
that seem to jump off the page.8964 copyright protection919PENANAkejqRRaEvs 維尼
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So I’m stuck standing in the shadows,8964 copyright protection919PENANAktxADEBnpQ 維尼
afraid to be left in the dark8964 copyright protection919PENANAUG27jzrCEM 維尼
but also afraid to step forward8964 copyright protection919PENANA9CFXPzC35N 維尼
lest the spotlight focus in,8964 copyright protection919PENANAqnMG3LHG6V 維尼
blinding.8964 copyright protection919PENANAAg6tNZdUMz 維尼
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But sometimes I’m trapped in the spotlight anyway8964 copyright protection919PENANAde59faY2FP 維尼
and Rumpelstiltskin’s name lodges in my throat.8964 copyright protection919PENANA6pxVDh6wcZ 維尼
Awkward syllables scattered across the floor8964 copyright protection919PENANAzM6xh29nDo 維尼
like bracelet beads,8964 copyright protection919PENANAv8Owue55zT 維尼
no order to shape meaning8964 copyright protection919PENANAcBy0jK2YLO 維尼
from random letters in alphabet soup.8964 copyright protection919PENANAhilrF30CBz 維尼
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And I’m standing here waiting for8964 copyright protection919PENANAju07TBSAdv 維尼
Prince Charming to sweep me off my feet8964 copyright protection919PENANAMx8j0LcrKy 維尼
and save me from my blundering giants,8964 copyright protection919PENANAVFyQ4hgZxK 維尼
and broken bracelets8964 copyright protection919PENANAVpFwMGeApJ 維尼
but this isn’t a fairy tale.8964 copyright protection919PENANAnaT0j4sEN8 維尼
There aren’t any evil step-mothers, glass slippers, or princes.8964 copyright protection919PENANAyH0cd1nI5f 維尼
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So I’m left to face my dragons alone in their lairs8964 copyright protection919PENANAaEtVlQgbl5 維尼
where gold puddles mix with dragon flame8964 copyright protection919PENANAXqKqg8o3ku 維尼
as my words are torched and set to burn.8964 copyright protection919PENANATpfmDlHMyH 維尼
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And my own inner demons shutter me8964 copyright protection919PENANAvDnBukooOm 維尼
into my past like Cinderella’s step-mother locked8964 copyright protection919PENANAfO54qUprYo 維尼
her in the attic to silence her.8964 copyright protection919PENANAuIJn3me5Dy 維尼
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I am silenced too8964 copyright protection919PENANAmbvT4Vm10o 維尼
because discontent roils in Moby Dick’s stomach.8964 copyright protection919PENANA2iGjRWMN6s 維尼
A choppy sea does not lend to smooth sailing.8964 copyright protection919PENANAGAzjWQDyVW 維尼
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And I am lost because I cannot move forward8964 copyright protection919PENANAsNh7vXfuUB 維尼
without knowing who I was,8964 copyright protection919PENANAADbd5Qve1O 維尼
and I can’t see the point because I cannot write a poem.8964 copyright protection919PENANA0ZyvEI2mGL 維尼
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