and she is mine
Trinity Carlbom
She is archipelago made
like sun-roof drawn and child kissed
bleach-washed jeans and
refrigerator smell—the new kind
like dryer sheets textured
and coffee stained teeth
She is curves and
4c hair, split and braided towards
the end of my lips
like 7-eleven sushi,
the Hawai’i kind
and her ridges, her bumps
shining rainbowed stretch-marks
are like trails of shooting stars
that jump under my touch
She is golden breaths
like tangy smile wet
and chicken-skin taste
her freckles like supernova blasts
splating of star-dust explosions
end down her back
She is loud and unmade
unapologetic for both
her feet like rivers, toe-tipped dancing
body swaying and scarf flying
her voice honey-dripped
like powdered-sugar sticky
mouthing my name
like christmas came early
this woman,
my stronghold clay
i, her mountain climb
she is love
and she is mine
Trinity Carlbom is currently a senior at the University of Chaminade of Honolulu, studying both English and Psychology. She, however, likes to call herself an ongoing student of life and the creative word most fittingly. When she isn't expressing herself through poem-ing, you can find her trying to convert nouns into verbs, arguing about the legitimacy of certain words during Scrabble, and navigating young adulthood as best as she can through way too much coffee and not enough sleep. Trinity hopes that through her poetry, she can educate the world a little more, leaving behind diversity, connection, and equality.