9/9/12

Candlelight
By Katherine Okpara


Dinner for two,
A candlelight affair;
Lonesome expressions
Soon melt away.

The comfort and ease
Of plush leather booths;
Shiny dress shoes
Tap restless rhythms on the marble floor.

Icy skin meets warm heart’s passion,
Timid hands reach out boldly;
Lungs inhale and minds exhale
All the toxins of a trying life.

Red velvet cupcake,
Waves of cream cheese kiss the surface;
Illuminated by radiating hearts,
Adorned carefully by love’s own intent.

A single, shiny glimmer,
Sparkles reflected on spoons;
Like dusk settling on a long, arduous day,
Realization covers my face.

Shining brightly,
Nestled gently in the waves;
Mined just for my heart,
A dazzling, unifying rock.

Peculiar as it may be,
What impresses more than the ring
Is the man whose gleaming face,
Casts beautiful shadows on my dinner plate.


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Katherine Okpara is 18 and from Cerritos but soon to be Berkeley, California. Poetry is a passion that she cherishes and holds dearly to her heart. Katherine has recently returned from a trip Costa Rica that fed into her love of different cultures, and the language barrier she experienced while in Costa Rica allowed her to further develop the use of creativity to express herself.