No Plagiarism!WEZcJHf9armCn13xTZLXposted 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 protection958PENANAbf86rg3iNG 維尼
Not a Cinderella Story8964 copyright protection958PENANAv3xo4RKmQB 維尼
So I’ve never done this before8964 copyright protection958PENANAImCk3o8Ube 維尼
and now that I’m here8964 copyright protection958PENANAlGsyVo9CG2 維尼
I have nothing to say.8964 copyright protection958PENANAx6fNXdheIj 維尼
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Nothing compared to8964 copyright protection958PENANARJUCjtM3C0 維尼
poems spun from silver,8964 copyright protection958PENANAj3Hpb8KSyE 維尼
diamond dewdrops8964 copyright protection958PENANAKFQRBh9a4S 維尼
glistening in morning sunrays8964 copyright protection958PENANA9qkpNUv1yu 維尼
set on iridescent spider silk webs.8964 copyright protection958PENANAGDhS9LvhD4 維尼
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No. My poem is like a8964 copyright protection958PENANAiFt8klefVC 維尼
blundering giant.8964 copyright protection958PENANAsTICgNQevP 維尼
Ground shaking footsteps,8964 copyright protection958PENANAtnuobDq0WO 維尼
a trail of broken treetops8964 copyright protection958PENANA15uqZjBNmN 維尼
left in its wake8964 copyright protection958PENANAEyqfY33mlG 維尼
like twigs underfoot.8964 copyright protection958PENANAmi0mPdQwj7 維尼
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My words are like leaden letters8964 copyright protection958PENANACgdhe6JQn1 維尼
falling off leather tongues8964 copyright protection958PENANArrcVtCSBHs 維尼
which are nothing like8964 copyright protection958PENANAxZqXMh33Kz 維尼
trilobite fossils,8964 copyright protection958PENANAEJJnOVZL2M 維尼
slender filaments of calcified shell8964 copyright protection958PENANAMFXnJfpoqI 維尼
etched into rock forever.8964 copyright protection958PENANA9I4oqzvvyj 維尼
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I cannot compare to8964 copyright protection958PENANANscdKTNveC 維尼
finely woven tapestries8964 copyright protection958PENANAzZzT3JXzo8 維尼
with fairy tale images8964 copyright protection958PENANAwADmN7Hif9 維尼
that seem to jump off the page.8964 copyright protection958PENANAixtKBfziIO 維尼
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So I’m stuck standing in the shadows,8964 copyright protection958PENANANd8U02eHN3 維尼
afraid to be left in the dark8964 copyright protection958PENANAgtXSpEdzQk 維尼
but also afraid to step forward8964 copyright protection958PENANAfP5rlY2Sn5 維尼
lest the spotlight focus in,8964 copyright protection958PENANAlGkNoe7ljI 維尼
blinding.8964 copyright protection958PENANAYmDjc5eyoy 維尼
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But sometimes I’m trapped in the spotlight anyway8964 copyright protection958PENANA0AIJPIJ3do 維尼
and Rumpelstiltskin’s name lodges in my throat.8964 copyright protection958PENANA3JDN0tlxP3 維尼
Awkward syllables scattered across the floor8964 copyright protection958PENANA9gfDeiW1U3 維尼
like bracelet beads,8964 copyright protection958PENANAIJwA5dCCTe 維尼
no order to shape meaning8964 copyright protection958PENANAJOW8oxrgmK 維尼
from random letters in alphabet soup.8964 copyright protection958PENANAzZgJxNDAg7 維尼
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And I’m standing here waiting for8964 copyright protection958PENANAlRDioEAVmu 維尼
Prince Charming to sweep me off my feet8964 copyright protection958PENANA77jQKEb97D 維尼
and save me from my blundering giants,8964 copyright protection958PENANAPfMXjQQLJf 維尼
and broken bracelets8964 copyright protection958PENANAvG54gPCzcQ 維尼
but this isn’t a fairy tale.8964 copyright protection958PENANAn620h85Ixx 維尼
There aren’t any evil step-mothers, glass slippers, or princes.8964 copyright protection958PENANARQrlV0sFbx 維尼
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So I’m left to face my dragons alone in their lairs8964 copyright protection958PENANACRTyCp771s 維尼
where gold puddles mix with dragon flame8964 copyright protection958PENANASDqddkgFEo 維尼
as my words are torched and set to burn.8964 copyright protection958PENANAisAnZfqJML 維尼
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And my own inner demons shutter me8964 copyright protection958PENANA3G7iaKjqUI 維尼
into my past like Cinderella’s step-mother locked8964 copyright protection958PENANAgHaAaalLF8 維尼
her in the attic to silence her.8964 copyright protection958PENANAZsTgmMpO8g 維尼
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I am silenced too8964 copyright protection958PENANAYJWx5OaFUk 維尼
because discontent roils in Moby Dick’s stomach.8964 copyright protection958PENANAmGtkab6PrL 維尼
A choppy sea does not lend to smooth sailing.8964 copyright protection958PENANAasYLl2vfX7 維尼
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And I am lost because I cannot move forward8964 copyright protection958PENANAj8UYZifgja 維尼
without knowing who I was,8964 copyright protection958PENANA0LIx0NNRuG 維尼
and I can’t see the point because I cannot write a poem.8964 copyright protection958PENANAJ0yP2JDvb9 維尼
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