Lyndsay E. Gilbert's Blog, page 8

Sidhe

Though the Sidhe have dressed in garments bright, And modern life has stolen truth from sight There are some girls who walk the lines between How things truly are and how they seem- To find a wicked faery stomping flowers, And free a helpless prince from his black tower, To tear apart the glamours that […]

Emotional Regulation

I think the world is broken no matter what you say you tell me I am broken but I was born this way you call my passion childish at worse disregulated i missed the day at school that taught us to be sated to never feel too much to swallow down our tears to calmly […]

Growing Up in the Tower

No one knew what it was like Lying there day in day out Trying to shout I’m still here, still living Barely Sleeping Beauty’s Coma was rather a lovely affair Compared to this When I stood up and moved about Climbed down my own hair And joined my friends Eating candyfloss at the Mayfair Melting […]

Elizabet in the Asylum

That is what they call me Not the name that’s mine Medamentika they say And we all stand in line I dont know what Im taking Will these pills make me small? Or will I grow too large by far To fit in these old halls They watch me swallow down Dismiss me back to […]

Curable

Too many times I let myself be ruled Despite my own intelligence I play the card of fools I make the choice to lie down Close my two eyes tight Let you pick my battles Say when I stand and fight I can gaze at stars When I am fast asleep The night sky’s in […]

Teach Me How to Live

Teach me how to live I think that I forgot Tell me what’s important And also what is not Show me how to let go And how to turn away Help my voice grow strong And let it have its say Help me balance memories Both the good and bad Tell me how a smile […]

Nano Day One

So I was a little sleepy due to Halloween and not sleeping til late.  Then I got up and procrastinated in a unique to Nano way.  I ruled out the above word count board.  Woohoo.  After that I got together with some writer friends online and we did three word wars, all half an hour […]

Pretend

She plays this song so well It fits her like a glove Stained with all the things she touched The flesh, the dust, the mud How soft she draws the bow That slices like a knife Cuts the notes into the air To settle in the night And as she plays this melody The ones […]

Internet Date

A dark little dream Slips from my head Crawls in the ear Of the man in my bed He wakes with a start Heart pounding sore Leaps like a frog prince Bounds to the door He cries out for help And rattles the lock No one responds He sinks down in shock He thinks the […]

Ready Set Nano!

I haven’t done nearly as much planning as I would like and I have a few friends coming over to celebrate Halloween tonight, so I guess I will plunge ahead on the 1st and do the best I can. I have an outline to take me a little way in and the ghost of an […]