No Plagiarism!rTzHskgITHfFHITQW92tposted 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 protection662PENANAwYklyNzPbO 維尼
Not a Cinderella Story8964 copyright protection662PENANAIeWvkTvoUT 維尼
So I’ve never done this before8964 copyright protection662PENANAs2sylEM6gS 維尼
and now that I’m here8964 copyright protection662PENANAE59Iq3nAkV 維尼
I have nothing to say.8964 copyright protection662PENANAriHnKA6AoM 維尼
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Nothing compared to8964 copyright protection662PENANAJWVVUT1E5M 維尼
poems spun from silver,8964 copyright protection662PENANAB4g5tMzs8j 維尼
diamond dewdrops8964 copyright protection662PENANAdcy7L28arC 維尼
glistening in morning sunrays8964 copyright protection662PENANAvOOdCAcU0d 維尼
set on iridescent spider silk webs.8964 copyright protection662PENANAMX1Wub2fCZ 維尼
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No. My poem is like a8964 copyright protection662PENANA9Qx7vYJVNw 維尼
blundering giant.8964 copyright protection662PENANABoovV5Bpsk 維尼
Ground shaking footsteps,8964 copyright protection662PENANAeL3mw2vYvX 維尼
a trail of broken treetops8964 copyright protection662PENANAGxC92fK419 維尼
left in its wake8964 copyright protection662PENANA7Qp5NXjIl5 維尼
like twigs underfoot.8964 copyright protection662PENANAsZi0TdjzVL 維尼
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My words are like leaden letters8964 copyright protection662PENANA5mzcpIiuYV 維尼
falling off leather tongues8964 copyright protection662PENANAbjRLnZqnIS 維尼
which are nothing like8964 copyright protection662PENANAiOW6qNHuTG 維尼
trilobite fossils,8964 copyright protection662PENANAjqIinosAa0 維尼
slender filaments of calcified shell8964 copyright protection662PENANAC4r4PhnrFH 維尼
etched into rock forever.8964 copyright protection662PENANABsHneunIGs 維尼
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I cannot compare to8964 copyright protection662PENANAX5TYgtpftx 維尼
finely woven tapestries8964 copyright protection662PENANAY9pV589IYB 維尼
with fairy tale images8964 copyright protection662PENANAakY6ux2YLE 維尼
that seem to jump off the page.8964 copyright protection662PENANAA3UMzYsbH0 維尼
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So I’m stuck standing in the shadows,8964 copyright protection662PENANAF6UlP8R7Hs 維尼
afraid to be left in the dark8964 copyright protection662PENANAOtmBR2NX9R 維尼
but also afraid to step forward8964 copyright protection662PENANAr1WlSmivyp 維尼
lest the spotlight focus in,8964 copyright protection662PENANAfLWkRddKhi 維尼
blinding.8964 copyright protection662PENANAuctmObimN9 維尼
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But sometimes I’m trapped in the spotlight anyway8964 copyright protection662PENANAzeoIHpOl3B 維尼
and Rumpelstiltskin’s name lodges in my throat.8964 copyright protection662PENANA7UeF1PHKTE 維尼
Awkward syllables scattered across the floor8964 copyright protection662PENANAJPLFh6acm8 維尼
like bracelet beads,8964 copyright protection662PENANAISrv2ALy2l 維尼
no order to shape meaning8964 copyright protection662PENANAr68MPlTux4 維尼
from random letters in alphabet soup.8964 copyright protection662PENANA58ZqUkmgEg 維尼
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And I’m standing here waiting for8964 copyright protection662PENANAzuqTkNLybD 維尼
Prince Charming to sweep me off my feet8964 copyright protection662PENANARyaM4yTwYZ 維尼
and save me from my blundering giants,8964 copyright protection662PENANAhRcG9BViJc 維尼
and broken bracelets8964 copyright protection662PENANAsutWDlsggr 維尼
but this isn’t a fairy tale.8964 copyright protection662PENANADuMmaqY19S 維尼
There aren’t any evil step-mothers, glass slippers, or princes.8964 copyright protection662PENANAoY1Yw5lBTc 維尼
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So I’m left to face my dragons alone in their lairs8964 copyright protection662PENANABgoJO62Q1y 維尼
where gold puddles mix with dragon flame8964 copyright protection662PENANAssH3u0xkqv 維尼
as my words are torched and set to burn.8964 copyright protection662PENANAR5HrEdlkwQ 維尼
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And my own inner demons shutter me8964 copyright protection662PENANAZVBc5R3aOH 維尼
into my past like Cinderella’s step-mother locked8964 copyright protection662PENANAwYJZCrVNbs 維尼
her in the attic to silence her.8964 copyright protection662PENANArPb9XEPplu 維尼
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I am silenced too8964 copyright protection662PENANAkluwE5CpiL 維尼
because discontent roils in Moby Dick’s stomach.8964 copyright protection662PENANAxmUdXOBQql 維尼
A choppy sea does not lend to smooth sailing.8964 copyright protection662PENANAB89oPxVonh 維尼
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And I am lost because I cannot move forward8964 copyright protection662PENANAJXqNfuIqYP 維尼
without knowing who I was,8964 copyright protection662PENANAYJqg05wd2m 維尼
and I can’t see the point because I cannot write a poem.8964 copyright protection662PENANAQDADoFAfcC 維尼
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