Like Glass: A Collection of Poems

By Ejiro O. Osime

Like Glass is a collection of poems that go from romantic to introspective to funny with the turn of a page.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Nov 6, 2014
• ISBN: 9781496950765

Ejiro O. Osime

Ejiro O. Osime was born in Nigeria, West Africa. She later moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where she got her bachelor’s degree in media and creative writing. Currently, she is a public relations specialist and a sometimes poet. Her work has been published on various websites and online publications. When not relating with the public or trying her hand her poetry, Ms. Osime can be found with her head buried firmly in a book or hiking along the Columbia river. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with Lady, her African Grey parrot.

Book preview

At first sight

A thousand hopes

all hidden

within a thousand dreams.

I see them in your smile

and wish they would

come unhinged

and float unbidden

into my reality.

Where does the past go?

Where does the past go?

Is there a museum

somewhere

that stores up all of our anguish

and holds all our joys?

When time flies off

does it go

somewhere in particular

or does it simply fall

into a deep dark hole

of non-existence?

Do all that we worry

and our many moments of fear

become paintings

on times wall

hanging in some unreachable hall?

When love fades from hearts

does it simply melt away

or does it solidify

into sculptures of marble and gold

another treasure

to go un-treasured.

What happens to heartache and joy

Love,

Anger and guilt

after that moment

when we feel them deepest?

Are they simply gone

or are they out there

somewhere

lying in wait.

Do they turn into something beautiful

stored up?

Displayed?

or locked away?

Where does the past go?

Remember Me

Remember me as loving

remember me as nice.

Remember me as cunning

remember all my virtues as farce.

If tonight I go to