No Plagiarism!8CPiM6FWRIpBkthuo8TMposted 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 protection929PENANAAISzArUg0d 維尼
Not a Cinderella Story8964 copyright protection929PENANAqw2LJHcdr5 維尼
So I’ve never done this before8964 copyright protection929PENANAwFe7to8lsl 維尼
and now that I’m here8964 copyright protection929PENANAXK4Gjr8b6o 維尼
I have nothing to say.8964 copyright protection929PENANAdGZ9LaAnHd 維尼
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Nothing compared to8964 copyright protection929PENANAtK0FqUd3EN 維尼
poems spun from silver,8964 copyright protection929PENANARGj6OIF7df 維尼
diamond dewdrops8964 copyright protection929PENANAAHQHg9sUEh 維尼
glistening in morning sunrays8964 copyright protection929PENANAA0rzFTikjp 維尼
set on iridescent spider silk webs.8964 copyright protection929PENANAPTtmbmJ11E 維尼
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No. My poem is like a8964 copyright protection929PENANAWbBUl1uLYQ 維尼
blundering giant.8964 copyright protection929PENANASrsFmIfKXX 維尼
Ground shaking footsteps,8964 copyright protection929PENANA57fCfKIx7c 維尼
a trail of broken treetops8964 copyright protection929PENANAWcqInCCKXy 維尼
left in its wake8964 copyright protection929PENANALHw54uJC53 維尼
like twigs underfoot.8964 copyright protection929PENANAtd89ZnYjhV 維尼
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My words are like leaden letters8964 copyright protection929PENANA6Ab6tnjvim 維尼
falling off leather tongues8964 copyright protection929PENANAGpSuIRVDb7 維尼
which are nothing like8964 copyright protection929PENANAJt4tMMDm8J 維尼
trilobite fossils,8964 copyright protection929PENANAQmKdIdxxbF 維尼
slender filaments of calcified shell8964 copyright protection929PENANAUELpy0mHE0 維尼
etched into rock forever.8964 copyright protection929PENANA6dm8Maqe5f 維尼
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I cannot compare to8964 copyright protection929PENANAyzBL1Q6Omg 維尼
finely woven tapestries8964 copyright protection929PENANAwTJda4nwwj 維尼
with fairy tale images8964 copyright protection929PENANAO0rmM3Zw7n 維尼
that seem to jump off the page.8964 copyright protection929PENANAQe08tiae49 維尼
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So I’m stuck standing in the shadows,8964 copyright protection929PENANA8tLbeb2t8y 維尼
afraid to be left in the dark8964 copyright protection929PENANAdCk1C47Xg2 維尼
but also afraid to step forward8964 copyright protection929PENANAJcwKfJHh6X 維尼
lest the spotlight focus in,8964 copyright protection929PENANAzilXP4vXCf 維尼
blinding.8964 copyright protection929PENANAkqAgEFCeLu 維尼
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But sometimes I’m trapped in the spotlight anyway8964 copyright protection929PENANAq0ZvWiLxKn 維尼
and Rumpelstiltskin’s name lodges in my throat.8964 copyright protection929PENANAu9wF8tkX9p 維尼
Awkward syllables scattered across the floor8964 copyright protection929PENANA3NG0gS0VYl 維尼
like bracelet beads,8964 copyright protection929PENANA3BCDTD6ewX 維尼
no order to shape meaning8964 copyright protection929PENANAD5wiAAuH5V 維尼
from random letters in alphabet soup.8964 copyright protection929PENANAcXoSfRdOiw 維尼
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And I’m standing here waiting for8964 copyright protection929PENANATD8GE82YU0 維尼
Prince Charming to sweep me off my feet8964 copyright protection929PENANAPKWxwQu16c 維尼
and save me from my blundering giants,8964 copyright protection929PENANAvjXrZmHoUO 維尼
and broken bracelets8964 copyright protection929PENANAmDOLU6ZFVZ 維尼
but this isn’t a fairy tale.8964 copyright protection929PENANAM8vFgOltXD 維尼
There aren’t any evil step-mothers, glass slippers, or princes.8964 copyright protection929PENANAHb1sJ6LwWh 維尼
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So I’m left to face my dragons alone in their lairs8964 copyright protection929PENANAclacvTklnX 維尼
where gold puddles mix with dragon flame8964 copyright protection929PENANAbXTVyLRueE 維尼
as my words are torched and set to burn.8964 copyright protection929PENANAJ734J4K8Uj 維尼
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And my own inner demons shutter me8964 copyright protection929PENANAnNxBCKLLE1 維尼
into my past like Cinderella’s step-mother locked8964 copyright protection929PENANADDQwhvHVOB 維尼
her in the attic to silence her.8964 copyright protection929PENANAn0uJwqpXQT 維尼
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I am silenced too8964 copyright protection929PENANAdW65pJ5MnV 維尼
because discontent roils in Moby Dick’s stomach.8964 copyright protection929PENANAYLm5MlXzto 維尼
A choppy sea does not lend to smooth sailing.8964 copyright protection929PENANAAAs2jo61zi 維尼
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And I am lost because I cannot move forward8964 copyright protection929PENANA04OzXWnixO 維尼
without knowing who I was,8964 copyright protection929PENANAt2vEZ1DDQ5 維尼
and I can’t see the point because I cannot write a poem.8964 copyright protection929PENANADnpXZBxLm9 維尼
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