No Plagiarism!e7pBaSK6vhUG4xjq0SIfposted 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 protection1058PENANArd7rUTaKm7 維尼
Not a Cinderella Story8964 copyright protection1058PENANAYk6PWKo4SP 維尼
So I’ve never done this before8964 copyright protection1058PENANAPMGt4tyGlo 維尼
and now that I’m here8964 copyright protection1058PENANAYnRJynkIXU 維尼
I have nothing to say.8964 copyright protection1058PENANA341wLoHRf8 維尼
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Nothing compared to8964 copyright protection1058PENANA2oSPYVnDtm 維尼
poems spun from silver,8964 copyright protection1058PENANARKQdGWWZGp 維尼
diamond dewdrops8964 copyright protection1058PENANAqFThkFLp80 維尼
glistening in morning sunrays8964 copyright protection1058PENANADHzTBn6zpq 維尼
set on iridescent spider silk webs.8964 copyright protection1058PENANAgYwNJR6XGh 維尼
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No. My poem is like a8964 copyright protection1058PENANAn1SOEsKmLj 維尼
blundering giant.8964 copyright protection1058PENANAwDWZcE9dhE 維尼
Ground shaking footsteps,8964 copyright protection1058PENANAZYuIQHG4hV 維尼
a trail of broken treetops8964 copyright protection1058PENANAOX8zWgdqSX 維尼
left in its wake8964 copyright protection1058PENANAw8U1k5jlGS 維尼
like twigs underfoot.8964 copyright protection1058PENANAsJk9SDPofA 維尼
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My words are like leaden letters8964 copyright protection1058PENANAzpKBq6Syki 維尼
falling off leather tongues8964 copyright protection1058PENANAc5JjWaFzRj 維尼
which are nothing like8964 copyright protection1058PENANAwYXHg1Gmrk 維尼
trilobite fossils,8964 copyright protection1058PENANAKonyQwxhO2 維尼
slender filaments of calcified shell8964 copyright protection1058PENANAUAVzXrXoBW 維尼
etched into rock forever.8964 copyright protection1058PENANAGNJJK6JBar 維尼
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I cannot compare to8964 copyright protection1058PENANAHttmK7s9h7 維尼
finely woven tapestries8964 copyright protection1058PENANA2mPKHuplOI 維尼
with fairy tale images8964 copyright protection1058PENANAFlIusBY7kl 維尼
that seem to jump off the page.8964 copyright protection1058PENANA0YHcrAnKx0 維尼
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So I’m stuck standing in the shadows,8964 copyright protection1058PENANAHvWZt56m1L 維尼
afraid to be left in the dark8964 copyright protection1058PENANA5NzDT7otxo 維尼
but also afraid to step forward8964 copyright protection1058PENANAzh65eIeWEj 維尼
lest the spotlight focus in,8964 copyright protection1058PENANA9Thfu9RILq 維尼
blinding.8964 copyright protection1058PENANAxobtzs9R7i 維尼
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But sometimes I’m trapped in the spotlight anyway8964 copyright protection1058PENANAkVtRjbyIh5 維尼
and Rumpelstiltskin’s name lodges in my throat.8964 copyright protection1058PENANA8OSCw8ksg2 維尼
Awkward syllables scattered across the floor8964 copyright protection1058PENANAQvLD1G1AVW 維尼
like bracelet beads,8964 copyright protection1058PENANA7VKzue45Z4 維尼
no order to shape meaning8964 copyright protection1058PENANASkYNjt6SG2 維尼
from random letters in alphabet soup.8964 copyright protection1058PENANAXi0j1w2YsT 維尼
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And I’m standing here waiting for8964 copyright protection1058PENANA074bQ1JjQT 維尼
Prince Charming to sweep me off my feet8964 copyright protection1058PENANAIYTVmEvJPk 維尼
and save me from my blundering giants,8964 copyright protection1058PENANANwPQ95Npiu 維尼
and broken bracelets8964 copyright protection1058PENANAvziVTE9Kjh 維尼
but this isn’t a fairy tale.8964 copyright protection1058PENANAjuuUJbBLsb 維尼
There aren’t any evil step-mothers, glass slippers, or princes.8964 copyright protection1058PENANAxR6xyRN4hh 維尼
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So I’m left to face my dragons alone in their lairs8964 copyright protection1058PENANAgICdbeBIXf 維尼
where gold puddles mix with dragon flame8964 copyright protection1058PENANANXy0FMuR9M 維尼
as my words are torched and set to burn.8964 copyright protection1058PENANAuECKysQZTg 維尼
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And my own inner demons shutter me8964 copyright protection1058PENANAZw43rxEY2q 維尼
into my past like Cinderella’s step-mother locked8964 copyright protection1058PENANA5NQMsLAIg2 維尼
her in the attic to silence her.8964 copyright protection1058PENANA6ynjdDI6pZ 維尼
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I am silenced too8964 copyright protection1058PENANAdmzHDmrTLq 維尼
because discontent roils in Moby Dick’s stomach.8964 copyright protection1058PENANAACkqCUpbtU 維尼
A choppy sea does not lend to smooth sailing.8964 copyright protection1058PENANAPOvxloZ7Xu 維尼
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And I am lost because I cannot move forward8964 copyright protection1058PENANA0vVUPXjCAh 維尼
without knowing who I was,8964 copyright protection1058PENANAJVOHcLmEV6 維尼
and I can’t see the point because I cannot write a poem.8964 copyright protection1058PENANAGE826Nktvr 維尼
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