'So I Am Cinderella' Poem by Anitah Muwanguzi

Head in the clouds, my heart is bursting with so much

Beautiful emotions all around, sparks fly

My eyes, they are shooting stars

My cheeks blooming with love, promises,

I bury my head in a mixture of roses, daisies, lilacs, jasmine,

And the heavenly scent brings me to my knees.



I just can't keep still, if I had wings

Would fly to you right now

There's so much to share after all

It's a sea of people, they come and they go, but

I don't notice, my heart, my mind, my soul, and my body



Tethered to you, your memory, all you are just calls out to me

The pain is worth it, so I say to myself

And if it is Valentines and you're not here

I will remain Cinderella, your Cinderella

And I will dress up, and I will dance, and I will be happy



If you don't notice, if you don't miss me, it's your loss

I won't let my heart be broken,

I know something you don't

We are made for each other

However far you go, you will return



Your place is here with me,

So I will save all the places where I am for you

I will save the first and last dance for you

And for you I will take my last flight out.



So I am Cinderella, and this is a dream

But it is my dream.

You're the missing shoe,

The missing piece to the puzzle