My name is Nicole
Which, in Greek is Nike, who is the goddess of victory. It’s what my father would have been named if he had been a girl.
And it’s scary how much I am like him sometimes, other times I wish I was more so.
It’s a well-known fact that you will hear me before you see me because I have a tendency to be loud when I really should keep my mouth shut, and when I need to be loud you can’t coax a peep out of me which causes problems when there are things that need to be said.
And I always say that actions speak louder than words, so I try to pour my words into my hugs, my tears, my laughter and my furrowed brow.
My greatest fear is not being heard, because when people stop listening they stop caring, and when they stop caring they stop seeing.
My second greatest fear is being lost in the dark, because I don’t want to lose my shadow which I think needs to be convinced to stick around, to not leave me behind, because in the end I have nothing else and no one else, except my shadow.
You can often see me skipping, since I do not know how to dance, no one has ever asked me too.
I live in an almost constant state of laughter, but just a little doubt in myself can kill me.
A lot of my poetry is sad, but that is just because I feel shallow when I am happy, like I don’t deserve to be, and when my lover pulls me into a kiss my lips feel awkward due to the shock that someone wants to touch me and not cause me to fear them.
Victory is something I have not felt and it is not because I am afraid to try.
My name is Nicole
I like watching the wind play with the grass swing music, and time well spent.
I have recently discovered the beauty of holding someone else’s hand and every time I do I take a bit of them with me.