Cinderella

Why do I bother?

 

Why do I bother to dress up?

 

I want a Cinderella moment

But I know that

Inevitably

It will just be another wallflower event

 

I’m so scared

About what people will say and think

 

Or rather,

What they won’t

 

Because even though

I’ll be surrounded

By my beautiful friends

Who will

Undoubtedly receive some form of attention

I will still be the

Ugly duckling

 

And as hard as it is to

Be

That person

It’s harder to

Know

That you are

 

It’s even harder when you

Believe

When you have this tiny

Hope

Inside that wants to think

That you are not

 

That this will be one case

Where you will suddenly be the chosen one

The Cinderella

 

But that’s not really how it works,

It is?

 

Amazing people

Are always amazing

 

And

 

Average people

Are always average

 

And

 

If you are one of the

Ugly ducklings

You will

Always

Forever

Be

You

 

Because Cinderella moments

Only happen to

Cinderella’s

 

And

Everyone

Knows

That

 

Reviews

[bob, small b. aka invs]

this is an amazingly good and lucid piece of writing. extremely clear and easily identified with. i think all of us have our ugly duckling moments.... or days...months... years, etc. i know i have. but it only takes one person to come along and see the cinderella in you and everything changes. hang in there. and keep writing. it's not often i come across feelings expressed so clearly and so well.