by Marina Grafton

My Jacket

My main character jacket,

My armor in time of war,

My statement of Marina,

Clad in pins from her adventures.

Pins rom a bookstore in New York City

Flying on a plane for the first time

To a strange, scary city 

Only seen in my movies.

Pins from Denmark, from friends an ocean away

A pin of a little mermaid perched on a rock.

I can see her now with rusted copper skin.

I think of my mom who I watched the mermaid with….

Then the pins from comic con

I can still see her now, 

Aisles of cosplayers and artists, with me in awe

All the intricately made costumes and the trinkets they sold.

One of those places I feel I most belong.

Finally, the pins from nowhere,

Just the ones I found at the Hot Topic,

The ones that let the world know who I am,

The ones that let me know who I am,

The ones that remind me of the simple, beautiful things in life,

As well as the strange.

These pins on this jacket,

Putting on display who I am,

Who I want to be.

It connects me to me.

It makes me memorable

It gives me the confidence of a main character.

created for FYS with Heidi Kelley