No Plagiarism!GpFue8nXkhDVLQZgc4pSposted 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 protection660PENANA820oBGJ7NT 維尼
Not a Cinderella Story8964 copyright protection660PENANAuoCy6dzYWr 維尼
So I’ve never done this before8964 copyright protection660PENANAisCaetFyFn 維尼
and now that I’m here8964 copyright protection660PENANAg92ybZhn7I 維尼
I have nothing to say.8964 copyright protection660PENANAqzIiGBKOSX 維尼
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Nothing compared to8964 copyright protection660PENANAxsN8FU0R0l 維尼
poems spun from silver,8964 copyright protection660PENANAf410QaB7T5 維尼
diamond dewdrops8964 copyright protection660PENANAVouifkJ8Q8 維尼
glistening in morning sunrays8964 copyright protection660PENANAr70IEZUMsb 維尼
set on iridescent spider silk webs.8964 copyright protection660PENANAY2FI9V9RgQ 維尼
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No. My poem is like a8964 copyright protection660PENANAdLDi4zyjC9 維尼
blundering giant.8964 copyright protection660PENANAoJrHmnsJp6 維尼
Ground shaking footsteps,8964 copyright protection660PENANAJ1SmbrjEVa 維尼
a trail of broken treetops8964 copyright protection660PENANAvCeGxNccxK 維尼
left in its wake8964 copyright protection660PENANA1ibjHCJcWX 維尼
like twigs underfoot.8964 copyright protection660PENANAOj3abP8kGg 維尼
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My words are like leaden letters8964 copyright protection660PENANAh2kM4q6MMl 維尼
falling off leather tongues8964 copyright protection660PENANApdPckSxekw 維尼
which are nothing like8964 copyright protection660PENANAOytvTuXXPX 維尼
trilobite fossils,8964 copyright protection660PENANA33MkwK7dVC 維尼
slender filaments of calcified shell8964 copyright protection660PENANAUzXNKrs2oZ 維尼
etched into rock forever.8964 copyright protection660PENANAH0OO1lzubm 維尼
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I cannot compare to8964 copyright protection660PENANArMgEwssxdm 維尼
finely woven tapestries8964 copyright protection660PENANA06JQJP3vW8 維尼
with fairy tale images8964 copyright protection660PENANA4bWn5mzw16 維尼
that seem to jump off the page.8964 copyright protection660PENANAP1HpUyU9sh 維尼
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So I’m stuck standing in the shadows,8964 copyright protection660PENANAV8t6HjBOk9 維尼
afraid to be left in the dark8964 copyright protection660PENANAOaJkHH3fGr 維尼
but also afraid to step forward8964 copyright protection660PENANAkJCoIaI66m 維尼
lest the spotlight focus in,8964 copyright protection660PENANAGBNEciq5Yg 維尼
blinding.8964 copyright protection660PENANA067NEMFsds 維尼
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But sometimes I’m trapped in the spotlight anyway8964 copyright protection660PENANAqY00CxVwJd 維尼
and Rumpelstiltskin’s name lodges in my throat.8964 copyright protection660PENANATjf79UtFLr 維尼
Awkward syllables scattered across the floor8964 copyright protection660PENANA4kYbFqPnvh 維尼
like bracelet beads,8964 copyright protection660PENANA2XHKD4BFxQ 維尼
no order to shape meaning8964 copyright protection660PENANAwTA239dFqq 維尼
from random letters in alphabet soup.8964 copyright protection660PENANALqHNy8ljfL 維尼
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And I’m standing here waiting for8964 copyright protection660PENANAZJhuyAlhlX 維尼
Prince Charming to sweep me off my feet8964 copyright protection660PENANAzkQxQOkmHh 維尼
and save me from my blundering giants,8964 copyright protection660PENANA36gPHWVy8m 維尼
and broken bracelets8964 copyright protection660PENANABFYk36rv68 維尼
but this isn’t a fairy tale.8964 copyright protection660PENANAcaHDP1gtxW 維尼
There aren’t any evil step-mothers, glass slippers, or princes.8964 copyright protection660PENANABTe6t4w5i8 維尼
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So I’m left to face my dragons alone in their lairs8964 copyright protection660PENANAAYQRH1wN28 維尼
where gold puddles mix with dragon flame8964 copyright protection660PENANAoFuj3MuUU4 維尼
as my words are torched and set to burn.8964 copyright protection660PENANAFBPJpvqDAx 維尼
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And my own inner demons shutter me8964 copyright protection660PENANAZ5wBTa68h7 維尼
into my past like Cinderella’s step-mother locked8964 copyright protection660PENANAax6TWmRE4d 維尼
her in the attic to silence her.8964 copyright protection660PENANAAdN6rOIuPH 維尼
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I am silenced too8964 copyright protection660PENANAWvL2N2WULB 維尼
because discontent roils in Moby Dick’s stomach.8964 copyright protection660PENANA6j4IdV2f2j 維尼
A choppy sea does not lend to smooth sailing.8964 copyright protection660PENANAtn4aoESKjk 維尼
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And I am lost because I cannot move forward8964 copyright protection660PENANAGqEUtTvooj 維尼
without knowing who I was,8964 copyright protection660PENANAHhRUgpumi6 維尼
and I can’t see the point because I cannot write a poem.8964 copyright protection660PENANAUhmaldvoVX 維尼
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