No Plagiarism!Om346DP0DH1UdRQWSIAbposted 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 protection632PENANAPFeCQEiIxT 維尼
Not a Cinderella Story8964 copyright protection632PENANAwShtc2DafJ 維尼
So I’ve never done this before8964 copyright protection632PENANAwmIElZrGG7 維尼
and now that I’m here8964 copyright protection632PENANATI80xARPhs 維尼
I have nothing to say.8964 copyright protection632PENANAGvZwRF9aet 維尼
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Nothing compared to8964 copyright protection632PENANAwUeHCe98fQ 維尼
poems spun from silver,8964 copyright protection632PENANAhBVSuHLRQV 維尼
diamond dewdrops8964 copyright protection632PENANAw2PLRhGQj3 維尼
glistening in morning sunrays8964 copyright protection632PENANAQtupNOir5a 維尼
set on iridescent spider silk webs.8964 copyright protection632PENANA6WxBzlEdQN 維尼
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No. My poem is like a8964 copyright protection632PENANAHrWN35E4Kx 維尼
blundering giant.8964 copyright protection632PENANALZsEJOVumT 維尼
Ground shaking footsteps,8964 copyright protection632PENANAe3nqq5SPK1 維尼
a trail of broken treetops8964 copyright protection632PENANAvPdDKvhltB 維尼
left in its wake8964 copyright protection632PENANAbeO1QUmmin 維尼
like twigs underfoot.8964 copyright protection632PENANAY1WTni8Jny 維尼
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My words are like leaden letters8964 copyright protection632PENANA501bPgoxuq 維尼
falling off leather tongues8964 copyright protection632PENANAY9JuUuUr9F 維尼
which are nothing like8964 copyright protection632PENANAgj7Bm0AaJk 維尼
trilobite fossils,8964 copyright protection632PENANAtM9eSj8318 維尼
slender filaments of calcified shell8964 copyright protection632PENANA2hYSMsDaav 維尼
etched into rock forever.8964 copyright protection632PENANAxL9lQAL7jN 維尼
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I cannot compare to8964 copyright protection632PENANAMFzqFG0Z15 維尼
finely woven tapestries8964 copyright protection632PENANAJJ1ArMZpRq 維尼
with fairy tale images8964 copyright protection632PENANAANbARqxI6i 維尼
that seem to jump off the page.8964 copyright protection632PENANA8d2XAmxDwu 維尼
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So I’m stuck standing in the shadows,8964 copyright protection632PENANAj0LSUTEN0L 維尼
afraid to be left in the dark8964 copyright protection632PENANA1DM4vO2Fay 維尼
but also afraid to step forward8964 copyright protection632PENANA3cyO1g7UNj 維尼
lest the spotlight focus in,8964 copyright protection632PENANAC1GDbGvvRo 維尼
blinding.8964 copyright protection632PENANAkOO3We9ELP 維尼
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But sometimes I’m trapped in the spotlight anyway8964 copyright protection632PENANA0ArkeUzaEv 維尼
and Rumpelstiltskin’s name lodges in my throat.8964 copyright protection632PENANAihPUBQA6o5 維尼
Awkward syllables scattered across the floor8964 copyright protection632PENANAN1yI8DT8Xb 維尼
like bracelet beads,8964 copyright protection632PENANAc1Ughvy4yp 維尼
no order to shape meaning8964 copyright protection632PENANAhqB8vBk2B9 維尼
from random letters in alphabet soup.8964 copyright protection632PENANA8FprwgzRUh 維尼
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And I’m standing here waiting for8964 copyright protection632PENANAyENxmccqKn 維尼
Prince Charming to sweep me off my feet8964 copyright protection632PENANAK2G4kbTr95 維尼
and save me from my blundering giants,8964 copyright protection632PENANAt3DbwSJHLq 維尼
and broken bracelets8964 copyright protection632PENANA3zijIjQB1D 維尼
but this isn’t a fairy tale.8964 copyright protection632PENANAQ1qBmzBwi0 維尼
There aren’t any evil step-mothers, glass slippers, or princes.8964 copyright protection632PENANAwjEsJvFD5y 維尼
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So I’m left to face my dragons alone in their lairs8964 copyright protection632PENANAcXRgr2jC6C 維尼
where gold puddles mix with dragon flame8964 copyright protection632PENANAuF4bJ9p0Vv 維尼
as my words are torched and set to burn.8964 copyright protection632PENANANbS9ulkwH7 維尼
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And my own inner demons shutter me8964 copyright protection632PENANACGshBesuCg 維尼
into my past like Cinderella’s step-mother locked8964 copyright protection632PENANAfiVWATvIBA 維尼
her in the attic to silence her.8964 copyright protection632PENANAfzTIr4xgW2 維尼
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I am silenced too8964 copyright protection632PENANAQ9S0RdgTsq 維尼
because discontent roils in Moby Dick’s stomach.8964 copyright protection632PENANAKayy014hxv 維尼
A choppy sea does not lend to smooth sailing.8964 copyright protection632PENANAlKPtxETgE6 維尼
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And I am lost because I cannot move forward8964 copyright protection632PENANAA2R0BEStxW 維尼
without knowing who I was,8964 copyright protection632PENANAON5LyEZDrx 維尼
and I can’t see the point because I cannot write a poem.8964 copyright protection632PENANAJWDSFePgUn 維尼
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