No Plagiarism!vdOQXQbwkGWFq5aa1kJ3posted 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 protection639PENANA8Hv0XQRuUd 維尼
Not a Cinderella Story8964 copyright protection639PENANAgYgOK5Pwsj 維尼
So I’ve never done this before8964 copyright protection639PENANAN2Gu6ZQRtm 維尼
and now that I’m here8964 copyright protection639PENANADNwvG2cdyw 維尼
I have nothing to say.8964 copyright protection639PENANAetUiJLEgpf 維尼
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Nothing compared to8964 copyright protection639PENANAuSNwnOTtXv 維尼
poems spun from silver,8964 copyright protection639PENANAnFoGiAHxGm 維尼
diamond dewdrops8964 copyright protection639PENANAXYZzixZszs 維尼
glistening in morning sunrays8964 copyright protection639PENANAEnXBGSxb2O 維尼
set on iridescent spider silk webs.8964 copyright protection639PENANACxdDpi5qlm 維尼
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No. My poem is like a8964 copyright protection639PENANA91vQD4mELA 維尼
blundering giant.8964 copyright protection639PENANA9u5lUwgbMI 維尼
Ground shaking footsteps,8964 copyright protection639PENANA5icpuKrf96 維尼
a trail of broken treetops8964 copyright protection639PENANANXeWVW6bIk 維尼
left in its wake8964 copyright protection639PENANAoN11unMZwF 維尼
like twigs underfoot.8964 copyright protection639PENANAd2rjhGPCSI 維尼
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My words are like leaden letters8964 copyright protection639PENANATSpS8Gbhai 維尼
falling off leather tongues8964 copyright protection639PENANA5qqWdv2xp6 維尼
which are nothing like8964 copyright protection639PENANAEmlqsE1rmf 維尼
trilobite fossils,8964 copyright protection639PENANAUSsPAVKlx3 維尼
slender filaments of calcified shell8964 copyright protection639PENANAdrrvy1PoG5 維尼
etched into rock forever.8964 copyright protection639PENANAOuXEEudAHy 維尼
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I cannot compare to8964 copyright protection639PENANAU9t9JNkq8p 維尼
finely woven tapestries8964 copyright protection639PENANALLDhZbOPZy 維尼
with fairy tale images8964 copyright protection639PENANAM1Jr8O1unZ 維尼
that seem to jump off the page.8964 copyright protection639PENANAHQGYJYz5io 維尼
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So I’m stuck standing in the shadows,8964 copyright protection639PENANA5JLHEey5rJ 維尼
afraid to be left in the dark8964 copyright protection639PENANAC8wZSOFXV8 維尼
but also afraid to step forward8964 copyright protection639PENANAZxUUmI8Uhc 維尼
lest the spotlight focus in,8964 copyright protection639PENANAYd0Ge7wenu 維尼
blinding.8964 copyright protection639PENANARq3S3mjn5w 維尼
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But sometimes I’m trapped in the spotlight anyway8964 copyright protection639PENANAwBjLuHywa5 維尼
and Rumpelstiltskin’s name lodges in my throat.8964 copyright protection639PENANA1GSXnJDogN 維尼
Awkward syllables scattered across the floor8964 copyright protection639PENANAkW468srG22 維尼
like bracelet beads,8964 copyright protection639PENANAJseNaNU2F0 維尼
no order to shape meaning8964 copyright protection639PENANAKXaSqaLTmh 維尼
from random letters in alphabet soup.8964 copyright protection639PENANAHjrMpdDvtT 維尼
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And I’m standing here waiting for8964 copyright protection639PENANAHyGkGe4E9W 維尼
Prince Charming to sweep me off my feet8964 copyright protection639PENANAHVx3M82jjo 維尼
and save me from my blundering giants,8964 copyright protection639PENANAEGZ0hRGFAu 維尼
and broken bracelets8964 copyright protection639PENANAaSXHp3QGF4 維尼
but this isn’t a fairy tale.8964 copyright protection639PENANAXnz8yuFUOr 維尼
There aren’t any evil step-mothers, glass slippers, or princes.8964 copyright protection639PENANAUocTDhfKk0 維尼
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So I’m left to face my dragons alone in their lairs8964 copyright protection639PENANAKWaBc5swJk 維尼
where gold puddles mix with dragon flame8964 copyright protection639PENANAgNhmpBaNKU 維尼
as my words are torched and set to burn.8964 copyright protection639PENANA0utRELNMPJ 維尼
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And my own inner demons shutter me8964 copyright protection639PENANAiL8bkcl5EA 維尼
into my past like Cinderella’s step-mother locked8964 copyright protection639PENANAuNosRCuJoN 維尼
her in the attic to silence her.8964 copyright protection639PENANAloGxOvBQdT 維尼
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I am silenced too8964 copyright protection639PENANAKzSpaGSa1Z 維尼
because discontent roils in Moby Dick’s stomach.8964 copyright protection639PENANABUVwEPkUi5 維尼
A choppy sea does not lend to smooth sailing.8964 copyright protection639PENANAs0yI0fiLuY 維尼
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And I am lost because I cannot move forward8964 copyright protection639PENANAbhSDc8MSb3 維尼
without knowing who I was,8964 copyright protection639PENANAmL9TLC8zH8 維尼
and I can’t see the point because I cannot write a poem.8964 copyright protection639PENANAUTSnFv3WnX 維尼
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