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 protection441PENANAgiAlOEoFL6 維尼
Not a Cinderella Story8964 copyright protection441PENANAIlSUZ33Vdu 維尼
So I’ve never done this before8964 copyright protection441PENANAiMIrS9usLQ 維尼
and now that I’m here8964 copyright protection441PENANA8ot7LFH6wv 維尼
I have nothing to say.8964 copyright protection441PENANA8NIoKQO8AI 維尼
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Nothing compared to8964 copyright protection441PENANAVYJ0zcjaqK 維尼
poems spun from silver,8964 copyright protection441PENANAOLzanOQtal 維尼
diamond dewdrops8964 copyright protection441PENANAMXsbdVDE42 維尼
glistening in morning sunrays8964 copyright protection441PENANAGfmtnLXas7 維尼
set on iridescent spider silk webs.8964 copyright protection441PENANA6yb6Co57Ae 維尼
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No. My poem is like a8964 copyright protection441PENANAKcCePTwOUg 維尼
blundering giant.8964 copyright protection441PENANAPTE5RjuW4z 維尼
Ground shaking footsteps,8964 copyright protection441PENANAIcqXmGoR4N 維尼
a trail of broken treetops8964 copyright protection441PENANARi56UiRaz5 維尼
left in its wake8964 copyright protection441PENANAVIZYZnHJ3A 維尼
like twigs underfoot.8964 copyright protection441PENANApZIcXYeNnE 維尼
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My words are like leaden letters8964 copyright protection441PENANAOynqNbpKlj 維尼
falling off leather tongues8964 copyright protection441PENANAS0v2p7u37E 維尼
which are nothing like8964 copyright protection441PENANAh3clrOJEhU 維尼
trilobite fossils,8964 copyright protection441PENANAlBsvoP2UbH 維尼
slender filaments of calcified shell8964 copyright protection441PENANA6LwWGyhhjf 維尼
etched into rock forever.8964 copyright protection441PENANANT7q5ZxgA4 維尼
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I cannot compare to8964 copyright protection441PENANAdwhn0Di6Et 維尼
finely woven tapestries8964 copyright protection441PENANAvb3kgklFU3 維尼
with fairy tale images8964 copyright protection441PENANAZ8enbq7bsg 維尼
that seem to jump off the page.8964 copyright protection441PENANANvYedAkj66 維尼
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So I’m stuck standing in the shadows,8964 copyright protection441PENANAM3AqoVeJq5 維尼
afraid to be left in the dark8964 copyright protection441PENANAgsmZ6mkIXl 維尼
but also afraid to step forward8964 copyright protection441PENANAkX1vus68Ad 維尼
lest the spotlight focus in,8964 copyright protection441PENANA9dErWUwUnZ 維尼
blinding.8964 copyright protection441PENANAx0DKwGKbU9 維尼
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But sometimes I’m trapped in the spotlight anyway8964 copyright protection441PENANAcxAUtDPluk 維尼
and Rumpelstiltskin’s name lodges in my throat.8964 copyright protection441PENANAOJX0CJDadj 維尼
Awkward syllables scattered across the floor8964 copyright protection441PENANAII2utqRzzo 維尼
like bracelet beads,8964 copyright protection441PENANAPuAh814oFB 維尼
no order to shape meaning8964 copyright protection441PENANAdrD1ISCKxg 維尼
from random letters in alphabet soup.8964 copyright protection441PENANA6ZkzGwvMSb 維尼
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And I’m standing here waiting for8964 copyright protection441PENANAuc8SvwD0tw 維尼
Prince Charming to sweep me off my feet8964 copyright protection441PENANAASLauv6uof 維尼
and save me from my blundering giants,8964 copyright protection441PENANAw8KSBRfrXc 維尼
and broken bracelets8964 copyright protection441PENANABwil3TBLR2 維尼
but this isn’t a fairy tale.8964 copyright protection441PENANAsUFSNYq7uv 維尼
There aren’t any evil step-mothers, glass slippers, or princes.8964 copyright protection441PENANAQ8ERWSnZQk 維尼
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So I’m left to face my dragons alone in their lairs8964 copyright protection441PENANAPGxCFbzHvU 維尼
where gold puddles mix with dragon flame8964 copyright protection441PENANA4uYR5ZVp33 維尼
as my words are torched and set to burn.8964 copyright protection441PENANAD7iSiuclx2 維尼
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And my own inner demons shutter me8964 copyright protection441PENANAcYVfSPyjKH 維尼
into my past like Cinderella’s step-mother locked8964 copyright protection441PENANA4PHw5dJzbm 維尼
her in the attic to silence her.8964 copyright protection441PENANAiZsMqQyvDs 維尼
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I am silenced too8964 copyright protection441PENANAMLRtxZpvGq 維尼
because discontent roils in Moby Dick’s stomach.8964 copyright protection441PENANAEr1WJfgUDo 維尼
A choppy sea does not lend to smooth sailing.8964 copyright protection441PENANAkZxTfwF0tv 維尼
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And I am lost because I cannot move forward8964 copyright protection441PENANA1Y9oDHVW5p 維尼
without knowing who I was,8964 copyright protection441PENANA09Zumql80z 維尼
and I can’t see the point because I cannot write a poem.8964 copyright protection441PENANAoEz59KYKWU 維尼
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