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.
SELF POEM
Published
3rd Mar 2025 3:12pm
3rd Mar 2025 3:12pm
Questions?
Were you ever loved
For being who you are
Did you hide in shadows
Of an empty body to avoid more scars
Did you ever speak your mind
And pay the price
With bruises and doubts
To sit alone in your room and cry
Would you stand for something
That brings pain and misery
Convicted of its truth
Even when its faith is a mystery
Would you deny your God
If it meant you would die
Or would you turn your back
Just to save your life
For being who you are
Did you hide in shadows
Of an empty body to avoid more scars
Did you ever speak your mind
And pay the price
With bruises and doubts
To sit alone in your room and cry
Would you stand for something
That brings pain and misery
Convicted of its truth
Even when its faith is a mystery
Would you deny your God
If it meant you would die
Or would you turn your back
Just to save your life
#confusion
#courage
#fear
#spiritual
#strength
80 reads
3 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
2nd Mar 2025 2:01pm
2nd Mar 2025 2:01pm
The war is over?
I can't go on any longer
War wearied and worn soldiers
Fight battles for leaders
Whose hearts have grown colder
Hiding out in buildings of rubble
Machine gun fire doubles
While comfortable generals raise a toast
For map lines moving, ever so subtle
Clouds of debris from bombings
Innocent families sobbing
Cries from the dark night
Are stuck in my head, forever haunting
Friends tell me the war has ended
I'm back home and mending
But my thoughts are troubled
And I feel into hell, I've descended
War wearied and worn soldiers
Fight battles for leaders
Whose hearts have grown colder
Hiding out in buildings of rubble
Machine gun fire doubles
While comfortable generals raise a toast
For map lines moving, ever so subtle
Clouds of debris from bombings
Innocent families sobbing
Cries from the dark night
Are stuck in my head, forever haunting
Friends tell me the war has ended
I'm back home and mending
But my thoughts are troubled
And I feel into hell, I've descended
#death
#sacrifice
#suffering
#tragedy
#war
63 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
17th Feb 2025 9:47pm
17th Feb 2025 9:47pm
Living in denial
Your words say everything I need to hear
A cutting remark disguised with a hug
Is almost too much to bare
There used to be love
Where contempt now resides
I try my best but nothing I do is right
Where do we go from here
We're both in lost worlds
With no escape route clear
A slap in the face stings for awhile
But living in misery
Is just life wasted, living in denial
A cutting remark disguised with a hug
Is almost too much to bare
There used to be love
Where contempt now resides
I try my best but nothing I do is right
Where do we go from here
We're both in lost worlds
With no escape route clear
A slap in the face stings for awhile
But living in misery
Is just life wasted, living in denial
#conflict
#deception
#escape
#lies
#sadness
91 reads
4 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
16th Feb 2025 9:34pm
16th Feb 2025 9:34pm
Scarred
Quiet those destructive feelings
I can tell noone about
But they're burning inside me
And serpentine scars, won't let them out
Trust can be so deceiving
When your angels lose their wings
Hide from the fake tongued liars
Who pretend to be kings and queens
Am I ready to be free
From this misery and deceit
Or will I always be a slave
And run away from what I seek
They know how to kill a smile
Keep me subdued and caged
The calm comes before the storm
When I'm unleashed with all my rage
I...
I can tell noone about
But they're burning inside me
And serpentine scars, won't let them out
Trust can be so deceiving
When your angels lose their wings
Hide from the fake tongued liars
Who pretend to be kings and queens
Am I ready to be free
From this misery and deceit
Or will I always be a slave
And run away from what I seek
They know how to kill a smile
Keep me subdued and caged
The calm comes before the storm
When I'm unleashed with all my rage
I...
#abuse
#anger
#bullying
#fear
#suffering
93 reads
1 Comment
SELF POEM
Published
16th Feb 2025 2:32am
16th Feb 2025 2:32am
War with myself
I face my fears everyday
Creeping through crevices
Of my sacred guarded tower
Subduing me like a hypnotist
Appearing from the dark
With their forbidden enticements
I try looking away
So not to fall for their enchantments
Sneaking inside, they secretly surround
Tempting and twisting my thoughts
Into thinking that
They were everything I sought
I try to run, but there is no escape
I try to scream, but there is no help
Such is my fate
When I'm at war with myself
Creeping through crevices
Of my sacred guarded tower
Subduing me like a hypnotist
Appearing from the dark
With their forbidden enticements
I try looking away
So not to fall for their enchantments
Sneaking inside, they secretly surround
Tempting and twisting my thoughts
Into thinking that
They were everything I sought
I try to run, but there is no escape
I try to scream, but there is no help
Such is my fate
When I'm at war with myself
#addiction
#anxiety
#depression
#despair
#drugs
92 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
15th Feb 2025 3:58pm
15th Feb 2025 3:58pm
Days into nights
Doubt fills my head
Eating me from the inside
Shadows absorbing the light
Turning days into nights
I think back to long ago
When happiness roamed
Through my thoughts
Now, it's gone
I lay in bed quietly covered
Like a corpse at a crime scene
Ignore and turn away
All my family and friends
When will this suffering stop
When will this war end
When will grace lead me
Beside still waters to drink
Eating me from the inside
Shadows absorbing the light
Turning days into nights
I think back to long ago
When happiness roamed
Through my thoughts
Now, it's gone
I lay in bed quietly covered
Like a corpse at a crime scene
Ignore and turn away
All my family and friends
When will this suffering stop
When will this war end
When will grace lead me
Beside still waters to drink
#anxiety
#dark
#depression
#MentalHealth
#sadness
53 reads
0 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
15th Feb 2025 1:38am
15th Feb 2025 1:38am
Life
It all seems so simple
Yet I try and fail
I just want to take pleasure
In life's daily struggles and triumphs
Without searching for
A crutch to help me hobble along
I want to laugh and cry
Instead of fazing out
In an emotionless stupor
Hold my boys and know
They want always be boys
Get lost in the gaze
Of my beautiful wife's eyes
And realize how blessed I am
I want to grow old
And see my boys turn into men
While holding my wife's hand
Thinking of how we made it
...
Yet I try and fail
I just want to take pleasure
In life's daily struggles and triumphs
Without searching for
A crutch to help me hobble along
I want to laugh and cry
Instead of fazing out
In an emotionless stupor
Hold my boys and know
They want always be boys
Get lost in the gaze
Of my beautiful wife's eyes
And realize how blessed I am
I want to grow old
And see my boys turn into men
While holding my wife's hand
Thinking of how we made it
...
#addiction
#depression
#hope
#inspirational
#redemption
114 reads
5 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
12th Feb 2025 00:23am
12th Feb 2025 00:23am
Lone wolf
Trust is a word
I lost long ago
Call me paranoid
But I see everyone as a foe
I may seem disillusioned
To be so trite
But I've got too many stabs in the back
To take my issues light
All these people walking around
With a smiling blank face
Save your talk for someone else
Your manipulation on me is a waste
Look up suspicious
You'll see my picture in the book
You can't gain my trust
I'm a lone wolf
I lost long ago
Call me paranoid
But I see everyone as a foe
I may seem disillusioned
To be so trite
But I've got too many stabs in the back
To take my issues light
All these people walking around
With a smiling blank face
Save your talk for someone else
Your manipulation on me is a waste
Look up suspicious
You'll see my picture in the book
You can't gain my trust
I'm a lone wolf
#betrayal
#deception
#lies
#manipulation
#MentalHealth
89 reads
4 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
11th Feb 2025 1:10am
11th Feb 2025 1:10am
It's a wonderful life
As a comet burns bright
And streaks across the night sky
So goes life
Against the fabric of time
Blink and you might miss
This strange celestial star
As it burns itself out
Fragmented from friction
But those lucky enough
To see it's blazing glory
Will speak of the miracle
They were blessed to see
And I will also
Count myself fortunate
To witness this mysterious magic
In a cursed and weary world
And streaks across the night sky
So goes life
Against the fabric of time
Blink and you might miss
This strange celestial star
As it burns itself out
Fragmented from friction
But those lucky enough
To see it's blazing glory
Will speak of the miracle
They were blessed to see
And I will also
Count myself fortunate
To witness this mysterious magic
In a cursed and weary world
#family
#gratitude
#hope
#inspirational
#nature
64 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
10th Feb 2025 1:59am
10th Feb 2025 1:59am
Broken soul
Exiled into darkness
Imprisoned inside myself
Hollow heart where
No light is left
I guess it's for the best
I'm not giving up, I'm giving in
Now it's time to retreat
To the devil that lies within
Watch myself decay
With noone to save me now
No more rules or laws
No more breaking useless vows
I'll just slip quietly away
Noone to notice or care
A broken soul
Lying withered and bare
Imprisoned inside myself
Hollow heart where
No light is left
I guess it's for the best
I'm not giving up, I'm giving in
Now it's time to retreat
To the devil that lies within
Watch myself decay
With noone to save me now
No more rules or laws
No more breaking useless vows
I'll just slip quietly away
Noone to notice or care
A broken soul
Lying withered and bare
#addiction
#alcohol
#despair
#emptiness
#sadness
87 reads
3 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
9th Feb 2025 2:12pm
9th Feb 2025 2:12pm
Shell shocked
Napalm dreams
War machine
Atomic mushroom clouds
Hide my view through the jungle
Agent orange chokes
My vision of hell soaks
Into experimental lab rats
While burnt out buildings crumble
H-bomb nightmares
Skin charred bare
In concentration camps
Where gas chambers rumble
Sweat soaked bed
Shell shocked head
Safe at home?
Brings an inaudible mumble
War machine
Atomic mushroom clouds
Hide my view through the jungle
Agent orange chokes
My vision of hell soaks
Into experimental lab rats
While burnt out buildings crumble
H-bomb nightmares
Skin charred bare
In concentration camps
Where gas chambers rumble
Sweat soaked bed
Shell shocked head
Safe at home?
Brings an inaudible mumble
#abuse
#anxiety
#dark
#fear
#war
92 reads
4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
9th Feb 2025 2:54am
9th Feb 2025 2:54am
Betrayed
You buried me with your silence
Broken bonds and trampled trust
I took the bait and fell into the trap
Of your luring seductive eyes of lust
Scars scrape across my heart
Blind to your bidding from the start
Now I'm delusional and dead
To a world as empty as my cold bed
Broken bonds and trampled trust
I took the bait and fell into the trap
Of your luring seductive eyes of lust
Scars scrape across my heart
Blind to your bidding from the start
Now I'm delusional and dead
To a world as empty as my cold bed
#betrayal
#despair
#heartbroken
#regret
#rejection
130 reads
4 Comments
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