Love Poem: Digital Cinderella
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Written by: Carol Mitra

Digital Cinderella

No Grand Ball or Gown
Cinderella now with a frown
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The alarm set for 12 a.m
Cinderella has to wake up then
Prince Charming awake now
Three dots on the screen

Waiting on someone who is typing 
His emotions, or so you think
Cinderella eager now for him to reveal
The part she likes most, his heart.

Cinderella nodding off now
Waking up with a start
Typing in four dots, indicating we’ll see
End of discussion from me.

Morning dawns on Cinderella
Playing with five dots
Full of uncertainty, four walls of prison
Surrounds her completely.

Six dots, a signal of thoughts unspoken
A unsettled utterance for that somebody
Coming back to a single dot
Full Stop.

Carry on dancing Cinderella
In circles around a dot
This allows for keeping your eyes off clocks
And a ear out only for the Alarm.


05.09.2020