Escaping the Library of Blank Slates
by Nikki Day
A New Plane, the second volume in the Escaping the Library of Blank Slates series by Nikki Day, continues down a path of self-discovery and focuses on a mindset of getting to where you want to be. Sometimes we hit a point in life where we begin to will ourselves into looking at the world through a different lens - where we force ourselves to be resilient to the changes around us. It's this thought process that sparks a transformation. A New Plane follows the first volume of this collection, Train Wreck Cinema, as a cocoon is being developed in the second phases of an unintentional metamorphosis.
- said the Ego
Publication Date: May 2, 2025
Book Size: 6 × 9
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 979-8-218-66049-9
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by Nikki Day
Escaping The Library of Blank Slates - Volume III
Emerald Skies, the third and final volume in the Escaping the Library of Blank Slates series by Nikki Day shows what the world looks like when we force ourselves to view the world through a different lens. Dark clouds no longer mean a damning storm is on the way, but rather that the rains are arriving to help new life flourish. Emerald Skies follows Train Wreck Cinema and A New Plane where the unintentional metamorphosis has complete, the cocoon has burst, and one can finally fly free.
- said the Ego
Publication Date: July 5, 2025
Book Size: 6 × 9
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 979-8-218-66051-2
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by Nikki Day
Escaping The Library of Blank Slates - Volume I
Train Wreck Cinema, a debut collection of poetry and prose by Nikki Day, takes the reader down a journey of self-discovery and asking the questions to pin down who they were, who they are, and who they want to be. Life is multifaceted, as the threads from our family, friends, other lives around us weave within our fabric as we continue moving down our life path. Not everything is light or makes sense during the first phases of transformation. Train Wreck Cinema, the first volume in the Escaping the Library of Blank Slates collection, explores the first phases of an unintentional metamorphosis.
- said the Ego
Publication Date: April 18, 2025
Book Size: 6 × 9
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 979-8-218-65111-4
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Poetry
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Escaping The Library of Blank Slates
Track list:
1 - Lilacs
2 - Fallen Petals
3 - Go on, Butterfly, Cry
4 - Retrospect
5 - Train Wreck Cinema (A Phantom from a Distant Past)
6 - The Id and The Ego
7 - The Universe Will Catch You
8 - I Wonder
9 - A New Plane
10 - The Writer
11 - Necklace of Time (Interlude)
12 - Saved By The Pen
13 - The Keep (A Walk Through The Woods)
14 - Emerald Skies
Run time: 61 minutes
by Nikki Day
Escaping The Library of Blank Slates - Volumes I, II, and III
Sometimes you enter into a new phase in life - one where nothing is written down for you. There are no instructions on how to navigate it. Like you're staring at a wall of blank slates in a never-ending library. You take that for what it is, and you write down your life lessons through the pain and the tears. In this phase, it can feel like your life is a train wreck. Like you're playing the part in someone else's show - like you're in a cinema. Eventually you get to a point where you can start to see things through a new lens, or rather maybe your being is in a new plane of perception. While you're here, you keep writing your lessons on the slates around you. One day, you've written the last lesson. This last one is your key to get out because you've gained the wisdom needed for this phase of life. As the last story is written, you fill all of your slates. The walls break down around you and the light from a new world, one of emerald skies, shines down. You breathe and take it in.
Now let us run as we escape the library of blank slates.
Experience this collection of poetry and prose through the various phases of an unintentional metamorphosis.
- said the Ego
Publication Date: August 6, 2025
Book Size: 6 × 9
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 979-218-67939-2
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The Music Behind the Poetry
Listen to Escaping The Library of Blank Slates the album
let us run as we escape the library of blank slatesThe Id and The Ego
From Train Wreck Cinema
and here i sit, cross legged on the floor
staring at the dichotomy of my mind
the reflection takes over my view
ran as fast as I could into it
it’s a nuclear option,
but the release would feel so light
The Writer
From A New Plane
‘cause they didn’t know she hid quills beneath her sheets
hidden so deeply, they didn’t puncture her dreams
The Keep
From Emerald Skies
the rains of melancholy have withered out
i’m welcomed now into this newly paved route
took all my stories and wrote them all down
when they were done, i did not drown