Imposter

I’m merely a novice 
Trying to blend
Disguised as competence
They let me in

I squeezed past
The judges table
By talking fast
I seemed able

My gift of gab
Paved the way
Scored a cab
And bed to lay

Now I’m here
Out of place
Insincere 
I hide my face

A humble ornament
Adorning corners
Fake and fraudulent 
Along the borders

Don’t come to me
With eyes a’glow
In hopes to see
All that I know

I’m an imposter
A wanna be
So please don’t bother
Studying me

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Al Juman

Date: 7/24/2018 9:44:00 PM

Excellent write my friend

M. L. Kiser

Date: 7/17/2018 2:33:00 PM

"A humble ornament Adorning corners Fake and fraudulent Along the borders"; great line.

Emile Pinet

Date: 7/16/2018 7:53:00 PM

We feel how your heart cries out, struggling to be heard under the growing weight of all your despair and grief and we are moved. This poetic trip though your heart is, thought provoking, descriptive, and creative all rolled up into a provocative beautiful poem. This poem was sad, believable and just human enough to be easily relatable. Emile.