No Plagiarism!XycO6VtYcOwmw7yDLXRSposted 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 protection962PENANAL6e7FoseaA 維尼
Not a Cinderella Story8964 copyright protection962PENANARJF6GruBFE 維尼
So I’ve never done this before8964 copyright protection962PENANAMjw64yw4EF 維尼
and now that I’m here8964 copyright protection962PENANA9xHiXFy20N 維尼
I have nothing to say.8964 copyright protection962PENANA9a2fLHL9Cm 維尼
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Nothing compared to8964 copyright protection962PENANADzWh8PNYT8 維尼
poems spun from silver,8964 copyright protection962PENANAbDB4RBq3kp 維尼
diamond dewdrops8964 copyright protection962PENANA5wVL6pPajn 維尼
glistening in morning sunrays8964 copyright protection962PENANA7F4TyVyXkd 維尼
set on iridescent spider silk webs.8964 copyright protection962PENANAukhcIUcVfQ 維尼
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No. My poem is like a8964 copyright protection962PENANAzWyLM5jOBe 維尼
blundering giant.8964 copyright protection962PENANA30589uzdX8 維尼
Ground shaking footsteps,8964 copyright protection962PENANAGrABYnmCT0 維尼
a trail of broken treetops8964 copyright protection962PENANAW5dFajxy3d 維尼
left in its wake8964 copyright protection962PENANALrhV3xtEVe 維尼
like twigs underfoot.8964 copyright protection962PENANAw0dYlVAhHA 維尼
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My words are like leaden letters8964 copyright protection962PENANAAucWZJ9wwB 維尼
falling off leather tongues8964 copyright protection962PENANATXiXbxk71z 維尼
which are nothing like8964 copyright protection962PENANAXOgqING8Ez 維尼
trilobite fossils,8964 copyright protection962PENANAr4eAZmwM03 維尼
slender filaments of calcified shell8964 copyright protection962PENANA1Q9SYjhusm 維尼
etched into rock forever.8964 copyright protection962PENANAeezMokVbuZ 維尼
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I cannot compare to8964 copyright protection962PENANA4IfLpLQLjh 維尼
finely woven tapestries8964 copyright protection962PENANAfT2c2C6LIy 維尼
with fairy tale images8964 copyright protection962PENANAJcGF2YLyQE 維尼
that seem to jump off the page.8964 copyright protection962PENANARdKhBMhkuI 維尼
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So I’m stuck standing in the shadows,8964 copyright protection962PENANAXzJWPjpEHz 維尼
afraid to be left in the dark8964 copyright protection962PENANAId9a8sWz2a 維尼
but also afraid to step forward8964 copyright protection962PENANAfRdVs2xqQp 維尼
lest the spotlight focus in,8964 copyright protection962PENANAZZdMQn9K7S 維尼
blinding.8964 copyright protection962PENANAuTSgmUhJRK 維尼
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But sometimes I’m trapped in the spotlight anyway8964 copyright protection962PENANAUcMklm1iPQ 維尼
and Rumpelstiltskin’s name lodges in my throat.8964 copyright protection962PENANA7SisSacctY 維尼
Awkward syllables scattered across the floor8964 copyright protection962PENANAAFfN4f1bO0 維尼
like bracelet beads,8964 copyright protection962PENANAw8XFbppdoh 維尼
no order to shape meaning8964 copyright protection962PENANAmm2VfK13Dj 維尼
from random letters in alphabet soup.8964 copyright protection962PENANAZlDEFWTCtO 維尼
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And I’m standing here waiting for8964 copyright protection962PENANAfmDZWSs4na 維尼
Prince Charming to sweep me off my feet8964 copyright protection962PENANA4qswIMIifO 維尼
and save me from my blundering giants,8964 copyright protection962PENANAA9ZkXApQjn 維尼
and broken bracelets8964 copyright protection962PENANAc633oKLmA3 維尼
but this isn’t a fairy tale.8964 copyright protection962PENANAjPWyN9XHA7 維尼
There aren’t any evil step-mothers, glass slippers, or princes.8964 copyright protection962PENANAKBEWPKna4o 維尼
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So I’m left to face my dragons alone in their lairs8964 copyright protection962PENANA51cqjPRsYz 維尼
where gold puddles mix with dragon flame8964 copyright protection962PENANAM0XkhMslv7 維尼
as my words are torched and set to burn.8964 copyright protection962PENANAqBX5aSVYgY 維尼
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And my own inner demons shutter me8964 copyright protection962PENANAL4GIkz86xL 維尼
into my past like Cinderella’s step-mother locked8964 copyright protection962PENANAKr1y2rmf5W 維尼
her in the attic to silence her.8964 copyright protection962PENANAOts3BwxKSS 維尼
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I am silenced too8964 copyright protection962PENANAtbY8C6rWs0 維尼
because discontent roils in Moby Dick’s stomach.8964 copyright protection962PENANAkmzIcFaC9t 維尼
A choppy sea does not lend to smooth sailing.8964 copyright protection962PENANAtYsBRqESXO 維尼
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And I am lost because I cannot move forward8964 copyright protection962PENANA21x8jm5MaM 維尼
without knowing who I was,8964 copyright protection962PENANAR00QjjBzxi 維尼
and I can’t see the point because I cannot write a poem.8964 copyright protection962PENANA5o6AJvNCZS 維尼
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