No Plagiarism!nsaYt05TbQ75i86Ugjclposted 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 protection661PENANAGFNVz5B8ww 維尼
Not a Cinderella Story8964 copyright protection661PENANAHEJQwReNIF 維尼
So I’ve never done this before8964 copyright protection661PENANA0zrELUYsz4 維尼
and now that I’m here8964 copyright protection661PENANA4BQuBTB2mv 維尼
I have nothing to say.8964 copyright protection661PENANAZmGUGds8Ea 維尼
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Nothing compared to8964 copyright protection661PENANAqJsXgZjZ7i 維尼
poems spun from silver,8964 copyright protection661PENANAI6qY7gmXZb 維尼
diamond dewdrops8964 copyright protection661PENANASAHBqEveeu 維尼
glistening in morning sunrays8964 copyright protection661PENANADPAjLJd2aU 維尼
set on iridescent spider silk webs.8964 copyright protection661PENANALfz0cqVC8a 維尼
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No. My poem is like a8964 copyright protection661PENANAxHEAVKQnFv 維尼
blundering giant.8964 copyright protection661PENANAELRycjON41 維尼
Ground shaking footsteps,8964 copyright protection661PENANAj8hMKvzNFW 維尼
a trail of broken treetops8964 copyright protection661PENANAZ8tTLlTwsn 維尼
left in its wake8964 copyright protection661PENANAQzSct974g0 維尼
like twigs underfoot.8964 copyright protection661PENANAyL7x99dRRw 維尼
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My words are like leaden letters8964 copyright protection661PENANAFdpyfFRbmS 維尼
falling off leather tongues8964 copyright protection661PENANAzi6kasaZwF 維尼
which are nothing like8964 copyright protection661PENANAN8KWpEYolB 維尼
trilobite fossils,8964 copyright protection661PENANAnSy7ahElnn 維尼
slender filaments of calcified shell8964 copyright protection661PENANA4mAGSVj1Jc 維尼
etched into rock forever.8964 copyright protection661PENANAU7wacWklLu 維尼
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I cannot compare to8964 copyright protection661PENANAXw8tDGLYCn 維尼
finely woven tapestries8964 copyright protection661PENANAr9WJ5wVcsp 維尼
with fairy tale images8964 copyright protection661PENANAGdITlTbAcb 維尼
that seem to jump off the page.8964 copyright protection661PENANAK573B9KQIg 維尼
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So I’m stuck standing in the shadows,8964 copyright protection661PENANAAedCe9sPug 維尼
afraid to be left in the dark8964 copyright protection661PENANAcxEk34dDwo 維尼
but also afraid to step forward8964 copyright protection661PENANApK0GoUzivG 維尼
lest the spotlight focus in,8964 copyright protection661PENANA3SlJfeLw00 維尼
blinding.8964 copyright protection661PENANAQfp5GzFqp5 維尼
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But sometimes I’m trapped in the spotlight anyway8964 copyright protection661PENANAX2k7nkX6PW 維尼
and Rumpelstiltskin’s name lodges in my throat.8964 copyright protection661PENANArBmm4bKAXZ 維尼
Awkward syllables scattered across the floor8964 copyright protection661PENANATKFeXD62Dy 維尼
like bracelet beads,8964 copyright protection661PENANAGCDxO4N05e 維尼
no order to shape meaning8964 copyright protection661PENANAvIwAlSuVen 維尼
from random letters in alphabet soup.8964 copyright protection661PENANAAMj7zutsOp 維尼
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And I’m standing here waiting for8964 copyright protection661PENANAwZQMf9BoO9 維尼
Prince Charming to sweep me off my feet8964 copyright protection661PENANAY00dx6pNDK 維尼
and save me from my blundering giants,8964 copyright protection661PENANABz5jBSjbG0 維尼
and broken bracelets8964 copyright protection661PENANAsuDEpZB2zc 維尼
but this isn’t a fairy tale.8964 copyright protection661PENANAAi9Jk2rS57 維尼
There aren’t any evil step-mothers, glass slippers, or princes.8964 copyright protection661PENANAuSVnlCzf9h 維尼
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So I’m left to face my dragons alone in their lairs8964 copyright protection661PENANAwQ41zCE262 維尼
where gold puddles mix with dragon flame8964 copyright protection661PENANAuorQDinz0u 維尼
as my words are torched and set to burn.8964 copyright protection661PENANAmhTkxTf51C 維尼
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And my own inner demons shutter me8964 copyright protection661PENANABBIVIDqPQV 維尼
into my past like Cinderella’s step-mother locked8964 copyright protection661PENANAcLbA4sSjNJ 維尼
her in the attic to silence her.8964 copyright protection661PENANAZb2eDUPDdq 維尼
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I am silenced too8964 copyright protection661PENANA84uHHi4pC1 維尼
because discontent roils in Moby Dick’s stomach.8964 copyright protection661PENANAtHYEEWl4fD 維尼
A choppy sea does not lend to smooth sailing.8964 copyright protection661PENANAB3shTqwzkK 維尼
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And I am lost because I cannot move forward8964 copyright protection661PENANAyEQ9LzitKT 維尼
without knowing who I was,8964 copyright protection661PENANAMVhA6af2Z2 維尼
and I can’t see the point because I cannot write a poem.8964 copyright protection661PENANAnjJvFG7dxG 維尼
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