Poems from I.G. Nichols
I. G. Nichols is a soon-to-be college freshman close to finally pursuing her dream of teaching English. She took up writing poetry in her junior year of high school as a way to cope with mental illness and develop an understanding of her own identity. She now writes on a near-daily basis with subjects such as depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, suicide, love and the healing that comes with it, fear of the future, and a desire for freedom. She enjoys swimming, art, reading, writing, and video games, and desires to one day figure out how to care for succulent plants.
I’m kind of sick and kind of sad
But if I’m honest
Neither one really fits
‘Cause only a few have hearts good enough
For life to take an...
rain slips down my windshield
like a broken mirror
endless skewed versions of everything
are reflected back to me
I forgot how to turn on...
dear you
things never really went wrong
if you consider that we're still together
I know it hurt when she found out
when she kicked you out...