No Plagiarism!m10kzXdDzSgijy1cxdpdposted 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 protection917PENANAC6Sfi3ysHo 維尼
Not a Cinderella Story8964 copyright protection917PENANAUN0Z9KyOWO 維尼
So I’ve never done this before8964 copyright protection917PENANAJrrMVgbTzO 維尼
and now that I’m here8964 copyright protection917PENANApgfuEQw9JH 維尼
I have nothing to say.8964 copyright protection917PENANAuqVBxIIUZ6 維尼
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Nothing compared to8964 copyright protection917PENANAblkVEHaEwT 維尼
poems spun from silver,8964 copyright protection917PENANA6gbcZPxkJW 維尼
diamond dewdrops8964 copyright protection917PENANAgmRAljkbZC 維尼
glistening in morning sunrays8964 copyright protection917PENANA3f49bFmZE3 維尼
set on iridescent spider silk webs.8964 copyright protection917PENANAfKIJyiDhKO 維尼
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No. My poem is like a8964 copyright protection917PENANAZB3KhYees1 維尼
blundering giant.8964 copyright protection917PENANA2txfvwM86n 維尼
Ground shaking footsteps,8964 copyright protection917PENANAyTMnfl7v1R 維尼
a trail of broken treetops8964 copyright protection917PENANAcAM7UGSDui 維尼
left in its wake8964 copyright protection917PENANAWxTEP75vCM 維尼
like twigs underfoot.8964 copyright protection917PENANAQeoqSth1Ys 維尼
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My words are like leaden letters8964 copyright protection917PENANA25NgjXo3D3 維尼
falling off leather tongues8964 copyright protection917PENANAGIAC3YjxQo 維尼
which are nothing like8964 copyright protection917PENANAYoxewRjJkp 維尼
trilobite fossils,8964 copyright protection917PENANA7FvKfS5IUB 維尼
slender filaments of calcified shell8964 copyright protection917PENANA8gLspgQ2Hc 維尼
etched into rock forever.8964 copyright protection917PENANA0h0SABBazQ 維尼
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I cannot compare to8964 copyright protection917PENANA31SoJOk7bR 維尼
finely woven tapestries8964 copyright protection917PENANAtfym89JyYk 維尼
with fairy tale images8964 copyright protection917PENANAvHBEeAGFM7 維尼
that seem to jump off the page.8964 copyright protection917PENANAUwkktUcaU1 維尼
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So I’m stuck standing in the shadows,8964 copyright protection917PENANA85aQeBp3lL 維尼
afraid to be left in the dark8964 copyright protection917PENANApSyZIEqyRz 維尼
but also afraid to step forward8964 copyright protection917PENANAe1nzRE7pzw 維尼
lest the spotlight focus in,8964 copyright protection917PENANAPQwQQ4x5H7 維尼
blinding.8964 copyright protection917PENANAzX3cc9qtk4 維尼
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But sometimes I’m trapped in the spotlight anyway8964 copyright protection917PENANAK9wXXfHkx8 維尼
and Rumpelstiltskin’s name lodges in my throat.8964 copyright protection917PENANAcUoJI4EqQl 維尼
Awkward syllables scattered across the floor8964 copyright protection917PENANA4L9jkhGsum 維尼
like bracelet beads,8964 copyright protection917PENANAbGlKVrrfRZ 維尼
no order to shape meaning8964 copyright protection917PENANAPNF7tI54i9 維尼
from random letters in alphabet soup.8964 copyright protection917PENANATp5Z6d4v0T 維尼
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And I’m standing here waiting for8964 copyright protection917PENANATAIAJmKx8Z 維尼
Prince Charming to sweep me off my feet8964 copyright protection917PENANAIQEmvrq1d3 維尼
and save me from my blundering giants,8964 copyright protection917PENANAPPzzGwX6SZ 維尼
and broken bracelets8964 copyright protection917PENANAHZcrlktsND 維尼
but this isn’t a fairy tale.8964 copyright protection917PENANAmXFNIvDeyK 維尼
There aren’t any evil step-mothers, glass slippers, or princes.8964 copyright protection917PENANAfYwQCIrSYA 維尼
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So I’m left to face my dragons alone in their lairs8964 copyright protection917PENANAtvlHFkG9U3 維尼
where gold puddles mix with dragon flame8964 copyright protection917PENANAvlsTYUbvIO 維尼
as my words are torched and set to burn.8964 copyright protection917PENANAsamcv2SMzx 維尼
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And my own inner demons shutter me8964 copyright protection917PENANAHgQprXiBl5 維尼
into my past like Cinderella’s step-mother locked8964 copyright protection917PENANAFvtjdHycM6 維尼
her in the attic to silence her.8964 copyright protection917PENANAMeruWzRh9d 維尼
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I am silenced too8964 copyright protection917PENANA1yF6UswMlE 維尼
because discontent roils in Moby Dick’s stomach.8964 copyright protection917PENANAV4feAapvdQ 維尼
A choppy sea does not lend to smooth sailing.8964 copyright protection917PENANAYgyyYpAdeg 維尼
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And I am lost because I cannot move forward8964 copyright protection917PENANAwcwwAZks8T 維尼
without knowing who I was,8964 copyright protection917PENANAyZmvzQjnny 維尼
and I can’t see the point because I cannot write a poem.8964 copyright protection917PENANA3ipipYTVyl 維尼
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