Submissions by Kaden_Malis (Kaden Malis)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Kaden Malis - writes poetry dealing with addiction, depression, anxiety and all the struggles that come along with them.
Disintegrate
I spent eternity
Searching for my lost love
Among darkest nights
And forgotten drunken fights
Yet you stood right before me
With that look In your eyes
Knowing all the deceit
All the hidden lies
My mind was drowning
In waves of suicide
While you tried to pull me
From the deafening cries
I'll die right here
To save you the trouble
Don't waste your time
On mounds of rubble
I'll disintegrate
Right before your eyes
A closing curtain
With no final goodbyes ...
Searching for my lost love
Among darkest nights
And forgotten drunken fights
Yet you stood right before me
With that look In your eyes
Knowing all the deceit
All the hidden lies
My mind was drowning
In waves of suicide
While you tried to pull me
From the deafening cries
I'll die right here
To save you the trouble
Don't waste your time
On mounds of rubble
I'll disintegrate
Right before your eyes
A closing curtain
With no final goodbyes ...
#addiction
#depression
#despair
#regret
#sadness
63 reads
8 Comments
Loving and living
I lived for you
You died for me
An aching dream
I can't put to sleep
Only you knew me
All bitterness swept clean
But you sparkled that night
When we danced within our dreams
We needed nothing else
But to wrap within each other
Hiding tears falling into the drain
Of a rusted hearts gutter
But we lived beyond parallels
Gazing past the stars
In need for nothing
Because we were everything
To exist is inevitable
To live is exceptional
You died for me
An aching dream
I can't put to sleep
Only you knew me
All bitterness swept clean
But you sparkled that night
When we danced within our dreams
We needed nothing else
But to wrap within each other
Hiding tears falling into the drain
Of a rusted hearts gutter
But we lived beyond parallels
Gazing past the stars
In need for nothing
Because we were everything
To exist is inevitable
To live is exceptional
#bittersweet
#breakup
#happiness
#heartbroken
#love
61 reads
3 Comments
Cruel fate
Stars fall all around
Setting the night ablaze
With mysterious golden glaze
Feel the warmth run through
My body electrified
Spirits searing eternalized
We turn and meet each others gaze
Minds flying high
We both hand in hand rise
Watching earth dissappear
Beneath our flowing feet
Our hearts tune to each others beat
Dancing silhouettes
Through crystal cosmic dust
Seeing the beginning of what was
We spoke without words
In a tangled love affair
Leaving us both gasping for air ...
Setting the night ablaze
With mysterious golden glaze
Feel the warmth run through
My body electrified
Spirits searing eternalized
We turn and meet each others gaze
Minds flying high
We both hand in hand rise
Watching earth dissappear
Beneath our flowing feet
Our hearts tune to each others beat
Dancing silhouettes
Through crystal cosmic dust
Seeing the beginning of what was
We spoke without words
In a tangled love affair
Leaving us both gasping for air ...
#bittersweet
#heartbroken
#love
#obsession
#separation
56 reads
0 Comments
Weak man
I wake to a brand new day
But it's the same old darkness
That keeps hanging around
Keeping me down
Say I'm gonna break these chains
That hold me in this pit
When I finally seem free
The pit is too deep
For a weak man like me
I'll still hold a smile for you
Although I'm crumbling inside
You deserve better
Than someone hanging by a tether
I know I can't hide
This loneliness from you
Once something turns blue
There's no going back
The next step is black
Go find...
But it's the same old darkness
That keeps hanging around
Keeping me down
Say I'm gonna break these chains
That hold me in this pit
When I finally seem free
The pit is too deep
For a weak man like me
I'll still hold a smile for you
Although I'm crumbling inside
You deserve better
Than someone hanging by a tether
I know I can't hide
This loneliness from you
Once something turns blue
There's no going back
The next step is black
Go find...
#dark
#despair
#emptiness
#loneliness
#sadness
64 reads
1 Comment
No trace
I saw that look
In your tear filled eyes
A dream broken into
A million pieces
With no solution written
In the dark stormy skies
Anticipation grows
With every passing day
Two hearts breaking into
Two dancing souls
Falling apart
With nothing to say
We move within inches
Without a glance
Chilled by the cold
Inside of me
But it's past the point
Of a second chance
I used to live
For the joy in your face
Inspired by your
Desire
Now I'm searching
But there's...
In your tear filled eyes
A dream broken into
A million pieces
With no solution written
In the dark stormy skies
Anticipation grows
With every passing day
Two hearts breaking into
Two dancing souls
Falling apart
With nothing to say
We move within inches
Without a glance
Chilled by the cold
Inside of me
But it's past the point
Of a second chance
I used to live
For the joy in your face
Inspired by your
Desire
Now I'm searching
But there's...
#emptiness
#grief
#heartbroken
#loneliness
#rejection
114 reads
5 Comments
Lovesick
I weep
For a love lost
In the shadows
Of a vapid night
Ours was a tune
Played in blissfull grace
Till the time
You were lured away
It was all too much
The dancing firelight
On sensuous shores
Turning darkness into light
I called in vacuumed screams
Beware
They're not what they seem
Thrilling ecstasy is hard to penetrate
From a chilled soaking rain
Always searching for
A way to ease the pain
So I wait
In tempestuous silence
For your abated...
For a love lost
In the shadows
Of a vapid night
Ours was a tune
Played in blissfull grace
Till the time
You were lured away
It was all too much
The dancing firelight
On sensuous shores
Turning darkness into light
I called in vacuumed screams
Beware
They're not what they seem
Thrilling ecstasy is hard to penetrate
From a chilled soaking rain
Always searching for
A way to ease the pain
So I wait
In tempestuous silence
For your abated...
#bittersweet
#heartbroken
#loneliness
#rejection
#sadness
97 reads
1 Comment
Last talk
One more call
To hear your fading voice
Knowing it'll be the last
What to say
A lifetime crushed into minutes
You don't want to end
Memories flood
My mind inundated with your face
Tears pool onto your picture
Time for goodbyes
Cruel moments of living
But thankful for the chance
To hear your fading voice
Knowing it'll be the last
What to say
A lifetime crushed into minutes
You don't want to end
Memories flood
My mind inundated with your face
Tears pool onto your picture
Time for goodbyes
Cruel moments of living
But thankful for the chance
#aging
#death
#love #nostalgia
#love #nostalgia
64 reads
0 Comments
Chasing the dark
Day after day it's the same
Yearning for the parasite
Inside the dross of my brain
But it shows on my face
I can't hide it in my eyes
I'm in a insidious race
To see my final demise
I've been chasing the dark
For way too long
This time I've gone too far
There's no going home
I look all around me
Noone to call
Noone I see
Noone to save me from this unavoidable fall
Now I live in the darkness
No love is shown here
Shrouded in my sickness
Surrounded by my fears
Yearning for the parasite
Inside the dross of my brain
But it shows on my face
I can't hide it in my eyes
I'm in a insidious race
To see my final demise
I've been chasing the dark
For way too long
This time I've gone too far
There's no going home
I look all around me
Noone to call
Noone I see
Noone to save me from this unavoidable fall
Now I live in the darkness
No love is shown here
Shrouded in my sickness
Surrounded by my fears
#anxiety
#dark
#despair
#fear
#loneliness
65 reads
0 Comments
Resistance futile
I've searched high and low
I've looked far and close
There's no correct dose
No satisfying this host
Dreams turning dark
Fear comes from afar
Wounds won't scar
Night consumed stars
Thoughts going black
Virus has hacked
Rationality lacks
No turning back
There's no denial
Vicious and vile
Unbreakable cycle
Resistance futile
I've looked far and close
There's no correct dose
No satisfying this host
Dreams turning dark
Fear comes from afar
Wounds won't scar
Night consumed stars
Thoughts going black
Virus has hacked
Rationality lacks
No turning back
There's no denial
Vicious and vile
Unbreakable cycle
Resistance futile
#addiction
#alcohol
#anxiety
#depression
#drugs
206 reads
2 Comments
Lone star
When I'm sinking
Ready to give in to the dark
You pull me from the shadows
When I can't see anything
But troubles and doubt
You give me hope to hold
You give me reason
You reveal the light
A lone star in a
Black infinite sky
You give me hope
You show me love
An angel from heaven
Sent from above
Ready to give in to the dark
You pull me from the shadows
When I can't see anything
But troubles and doubt
You give me hope to hold
You give me reason
You reveal the light
A lone star in a
Black infinite sky
You give me hope
You show me love
An angel from heaven
Sent from above
#admiration
#gratitude
#love
#support
#wife
130 reads
2 Comments
07/13/24 Butler, Pennsylvania
Bodies falling
Duty calling
Madness mauling
Generation clueless
Preparation useless
Nation godless
Situation dire
Government liars
Media pyre
Evil lurking
People searching
Satan laughing
God have mercy
Duty calling
Madness mauling
Generation clueless
Preparation useless
Nation godless
Situation dire
Government liars
Media pyre
Evil lurking
People searching
Satan laughing
God have mercy
#anxiety
#death
#politics
#tragedy
#violence
127 reads
3 Comments
Paint a new world
Stormy weather
Has kept me in
Far too long
Sun is waiting
To fill me with
Vibrant warmth
Darkness will
Follow me no longer
Across desolate lands
Allow the colors
To flow free
From my trembling hands
Paint a new world
Beauty unbound
On summers day
Marvelous sight to behold
Rapturous wonders
Here to stay
Has kept me in
Far too long
Sun is waiting
To fill me with
Vibrant warmth
Darkness will
Follow me no longer
Across desolate lands
Allow the colors
To flow free
From my trembling hands
Paint a new world
Beauty unbound
On summers day
Marvelous sight to behold
Rapturous wonders
Here to stay
#admiration
#courage
#happiness
#hope
#love
103 reads
4 Comments
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