Welcome to my April 2025 Great and Powerful Blogging from A to Z Challenge!

I’ve revealed my theme (A poem a day…with pictures), and of course, I am unashamedly blogging my theme letters on the fly.  So, here goes nothing!

So, without further ado, O is for … Ode

“The ode—originally accompanied by music and dance, and later reserved by the Romantic poets to convey their strongest sentiments—is a formal address to an event, a person, or a thing not present. The name comes from the Greek aeidein, meaning to sing or chant, and belongs to the long and varied tradition of lyric poetry. “

Ode to Imposter Syndrome

After Olivia Gatwood

Imposter, you are my middle name,
like Bruce, the Batman, Wayne.
You’ve hid my true identity
for 30 years or more.

I stand there, under cover,
darkness beneath awnings
rain drenching hooded features.

No one notices how you watch me,
making it up as I go,
imitation the only form
of flattery I know.

You chase my confidence away,
running like rivulets of water
into sewers below,

where it sits, a clown masked
ready to grab and drag
all that is left of me away
before anyone sees me
for who I really am.

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Thanks for visiting my 2025 A to Z Challenge – Letter O.