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No Plagiarism!6i8ewU3jMyi35F9UfbcEposted 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 protection978PENANAP9kJJgfTd3 維尼
Not a Cinderella Story8964 copyright protection978PENANA9y1HhRUhAo 維尼
So I’ve never done this before8964 copyright protection978PENANAhpeezlQ7SF 維尼
and now that I’m here8964 copyright protection978PENANAYX2q5jE1DP 維尼
I have nothing to say.8964 copyright protection978PENANAWYxViPQ9ru 維尼
.8964 copyright protection978PENANAbeXcWbdr9h 維尼
Nothing compared to8964 copyright protection978PENANAMBX3Nn68Ln 維尼
poems spun from silver,8964 copyright protection978PENANAvo2kiIJmNV 維尼
diamond dewdrops8964 copyright protection978PENANAXfAyOe60Mb 維尼
glistening in morning sunrays8964 copyright protection978PENANAO9kibjn8hW 維尼
set on iridescent spider silk webs.8964 copyright protection978PENANAuoVQezdLBz 維尼
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No. My poem is like a8964 copyright protection978PENANAeDy4QaiRyI 維尼
blundering giant.8964 copyright protection978PENANA0TrE6p26aY 維尼
Ground shaking footsteps,8964 copyright protection978PENANAq3xm60j5cz 維尼
a trail of broken treetops8964 copyright protection978PENANALfa0TXMmGB 維尼
left in its wake8964 copyright protection978PENANAcJ6xAjqcg5 維尼
like twigs underfoot.8964 copyright protection978PENANAj9S5R24F1v 維尼
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My words are like leaden letters8964 copyright protection978PENANApFO24wAfRE 維尼
falling off leather tongues8964 copyright protection978PENANAXg0oY0JHT2 維尼
which are nothing like8964 copyright protection978PENANAEa4mkI1tTi 維尼
trilobite fossils,8964 copyright protection978PENANA0SsO2PaVo9 維尼
slender filaments of calcified shell8964 copyright protection978PENANAQPYJAoeYbb 維尼
etched into rock forever.8964 copyright protection978PENANAlfUWJQd7Hu 維尼
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I cannot compare to8964 copyright protection978PENANAjf97bO6RcJ 維尼
finely woven tapestries8964 copyright protection978PENANAddD7u8kmYO 維尼
with fairy tale images8964 copyright protection978PENANAZ6p1lG6mL7 維尼
that seem to jump off the page.8964 copyright protection978PENANApqWYhJrqxZ 維尼
.8964 copyright protection978PENANA98S4WA31NQ 維尼
So I’m stuck standing in the shadows,8964 copyright protection978PENANAZhRxa4aSuF 維尼
afraid to be left in the dark8964 copyright protection978PENANA6IEXJJM4XN 維尼
but also afraid to step forward8964 copyright protection978PENANAHn031O1q8h 維尼
lest the spotlight focus in,8964 copyright protection978PENANALPQYl6UPb1 維尼
blinding.8964 copyright protection978PENANAiyoOrX29Eo 維尼
.8964 copyright protection978PENANARxc0bPsEhA 維尼
But sometimes I’m trapped in the spotlight anyway8964 copyright protection978PENANAmgeVjIIOQl 維尼
and Rumpelstiltskin’s name lodges in my throat.8964 copyright protection978PENANAlEroht1C7S 維尼
Awkward syllables scattered across the floor8964 copyright protection978PENANACiJuAcm7in 維尼
like bracelet beads,8964 copyright protection978PENANAKHAcumoMm0 維尼
no order to shape meaning8964 copyright protection978PENANAyp9Ud8Svc9 維尼
from random letters in alphabet soup.8964 copyright protection978PENANAsaWAtjg7gh 維尼
.8964 copyright protection978PENANAXkPDsjzVmv 維尼
And I’m standing here waiting for8964 copyright protection978PENANAgckvCFq2PV 維尼
Prince Charming to sweep me off my feet8964 copyright protection978PENANAToPOLw0IrA 維尼
and save me from my blundering giants,8964 copyright protection978PENANAQPmLJ0N7x0 維尼
and broken bracelets8964 copyright protection978PENANAW8HUz9jvvr 維尼
but this isn’t a fairy tale.8964 copyright protection978PENANAh7Uc4nNDOW 維尼
There aren’t any evil step-mothers, glass slippers, or princes.8964 copyright protection978PENANAtLHU520EmX 維尼
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So I’m left to face my dragons alone in their lairs8964 copyright protection978PENANA21MCJTixQZ 維尼
where gold puddles mix with dragon flame8964 copyright protection978PENANApdcPuAsxRt 維尼
as my words are torched and set to burn.8964 copyright protection978PENANAHiSKxWubxg 維尼
.8964 copyright protection978PENANAaCRFKHmXUb 維尼
And my own inner demons shutter me8964 copyright protection978PENANAj0NnR2OFij 維尼
into my past like Cinderella’s step-mother locked8964 copyright protection978PENANAQsx2h868iN 維尼
her in the attic to silence her.8964 copyright protection978PENANA7bWiz8asHQ 維尼
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I am silenced too8964 copyright protection978PENANAUmIsOGNArx 維尼
because discontent roils in Moby Dick’s stomach.8964 copyright protection978PENANA57P90fvEHX 維尼
A choppy sea does not lend to smooth sailing.8964 copyright protection978PENANAqubniL48qJ 維尼
.8964 copyright protection978PENANA5dq67eakoX 維尼
And I am lost because I cannot move forward8964 copyright protection978PENANAykduh0aIQk 維尼
without knowing who I was,8964 copyright protection978PENANAuEiQgM5t7q 維尼
and I can’t see the point because I cannot write a poem.8964 copyright protection978PENANAtSEqSeUCGs 維尼
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