“If I Could Hold the World in my Two Hands” by Trinity Carlbom
If I could hold the world in my two hands
I’d throw it on the ground
Abandon it before it got the chance to leave a cut—
So what if it has a concussion?
At least it didn’t have a seizure in her sleep.
At least God keeps it alive.
kept.
If I could hold the world in my two hands
I’d sandpaper it down
Before it could hear my vulnerability enough to say L-words
Longitude
Lateral
Limping
Longing
andif
andif
AND IF
I hold my breath
close my eyes
pop my lungs
andfill my stomach full
of
If i could hold the World in my two hands
i
i’d
i held my World in my two hands
Biographical Note: Trinity Carlbom is a current student attending Chaminade University of Honolulu, studying both English and Psychology. From birth, she has always been a writer and poet, often performing spoken word in her spare time to an audience of stuffed animals. She hopes to obtain her MFA in Creative Writing: Poetry in the near future and work on publishing poetry books detailing her whirlwind life.