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.
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
5th Aug 2020 00:36am
5th Aug 2020 00:36am
No name
Bear witness to these visions
A soul filled with raging sickness
We were told it's not our business
While they discreetly infect our children
A Godless home reaps Godless souls
Abandons God out in the cold
While they gather up their precious gold
Their most precious possessions
Have already been sold
A soul filled with raging sickness
We were told it's not our business
While they discreetly infect our children
A Godless home reaps Godless souls
Abandons God out in the cold
While they gather up their precious gold
Their most precious possessions
Have already been sold
#children
#greed
#manipulation
#deception
#fear
325 reads
4 Comments
DRUGS POEM
Published
5th Aug 2020 00:23am
5th Aug 2020 00:23am
True love
Spent my whole life
Trying to hide
Trying to fit in
With an invisible disguise
But you loved me for who I was
You never wanted more
Helped me escape inside
And close the door
Who knew a bottle
Could make me feel right
You poured yourself into me
Night after night
You loved me for who I was
You never wanted more
Helped me escape inside
And close the door
Trying to hide
Trying to fit in
With an invisible disguise
But you loved me for who I was
You never wanted more
Helped me escape inside
And close the door
Who knew a bottle
Could make me feel right
You poured yourself into me
Night after night
You loved me for who I was
You never wanted more
Helped me escape inside
And close the door
#anxiety
#depression
#SelfHarm
#drugs
#addiction
633 reads
6 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
3rd Aug 2020 1:42am
3rd Aug 2020 1:42am
Rebel
I was born
Dreamlike fuzzed ethereal edges
Give way to
Cold hard ledges
Take me back
Into my warm cocoon
Fast forward
Grade school officials
Warnings of retribution
Not following directions
But lots of potential
Yes, parents are in the picture
Yes, they care
Care what others think
I didn't
Born free
But not free to think
So I took it for myself
The constraints of thinking
Outside the box wasn't enough
So my mind now rests easy
Filled with...
Dreamlike fuzzed ethereal edges
Give way to
Cold hard ledges
Take me back
Into my warm cocoon
Fast forward
Grade school officials
Warnings of retribution
Not following directions
But lots of potential
Yes, parents are in the picture
Yes, they care
Care what others think
I didn't
Born free
But not free to think
So I took it for myself
The constraints of thinking
Outside the box wasn't enough
So my mind now rests easy
Filled with...
#teens
#conflict
#escape
#apathy
#manipulation
667 reads
4 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
3rd Aug 2020 1:22am
3rd Aug 2020 1:22am
Division
World is spinning
Way too fast
I can't keep up
I can't last
Too much division
Tearing us apart
Noone cares
About anyone's heart
I just want to feel
The sun shine on me
Till I can rise
And meet it in the sky
If it's peace you're looking for
Sorry, there's none to find
Way too fast
I can't keep up
I can't last
Too much division
Tearing us apart
Noone cares
About anyone's heart
I just want to feel
The sun shine on me
Till I can rise
And meet it in the sky
If it's peace you're looking for
Sorry, there's none to find
#corruption
#oppression
#racism
#ignorance
#inequality
468 reads
4 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
2nd Aug 2020 2:40pm
2nd Aug 2020 2:40pm
Divided States of America
What is happening to our world?
We suck the life blood
Till it's bone dry
It's all about me, me, me
And now, now, now
The fire embers are fading
Division rips the United apart
Waste all our time
Trying to tear each other apart
And leave the leftovers
For our children to dig through
While we rot away into old age
We'll talk about
How it used to be
How much better it was
We'll reminisce with fondness
Over a past that wasn't real
We suck the life blood
Till it's bone dry
It's all about me, me, me
And now, now, now
The fire embers are fading
Division rips the United apart
Waste all our time
Trying to tear each other apart
And leave the leftovers
For our children to dig through
While we rot away into old age
We'll talk about
How it used to be
How much better it was
We'll reminisce with fondness
Over a past that wasn't real
#violence
#racism
#HumanRights
#inequality
#poverty
374 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
2nd Aug 2020 2:25pm
2nd Aug 2020 2:25pm
Self crucified
Saw you the other day
Didn't know your face
You'd been self crucified
No time to waste
Can't live this way
Unless you want to die
Now your living
In your own hell
The biggest lie you told
Was to yourself
Didn't know your face
You'd been self crucified
No time to waste
Can't live this way
Unless you want to die
Now your living
In your own hell
The biggest lie you told
Was to yourself
#sadness
#heartbroken
#addiction
#FeelingLost
#fear
297 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
1st Aug 2020 1:22am
1st Aug 2020 1:22am
Scars
Don't lose heart
You need it
No hesitation
Feel that burn
Against your skin
Make yourself feel
When nothing else will
A scar reminds
Of dark times
Burn the devil out
If he won't go
Run for the knife
And let the blood flow
You need it
No hesitation
Feel that burn
Against your skin
Make yourself feel
When nothing else will
A scar reminds
Of dark times
Burn the devil out
If he won't go
Run for the knife
And let the blood flow
#anxiety
#depression
#SelfHarm
#bipolar
#addiction
338 reads
2 Comments
DRUGS POEM
Published
1st Aug 2020 1:09am
1st Aug 2020 1:09am
Spiraling
That spiraling feeling
Still burns in my brain
Lock me in my closet
Make me feel my pain
The pain of a love lost
Right before my eyes
One minute it was there
The next it had died
The sadness didn't creep
It engulfed my every thought
Till I numbed myself with drink and pills
Until I got caught
I don't think things
Could get any worse
I'm starting to feel
Like I may have been cursed
Still burns in my brain
Lock me in my closet
Make me feel my pain
The pain of a love lost
Right before my eyes
One minute it was there
The next it had died
The sadness didn't creep
It engulfed my every thought
Till I numbed myself with drink and pills
Until I got caught
I don't think things
Could get any worse
I'm starting to feel
Like I may have been cursed
#anxiety
#depression
#SelfHarm
#bipolar
#addiction
352 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
31st Jul 2020 1:27am
31st Jul 2020 1:27am
Obligations
Life is nothing
But a series
Of perceived obligations
That wear us down
Until we are nothing
But a frazzled unintelligible mess
But a series
Of perceived obligations
That wear us down
Until we are nothing
But a frazzled unintelligible mess
#anxiety
#frustration
#confusion
#choices
#tolerance
336 reads
2 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
31st Jul 2020 1:15am
31st Jul 2020 1:15am
Hitchhiking to heaven
The devil on one shoulder
A demon on the other
Hitchhiking to heaven
Rides are few and far between
Narrow is the way
Deserted is the highway
God, please meet me halfway
I'm struggling to see
Through the blinding rain
It's an uphill climb
The whole way
God, please shine your light
Just one little ray
Carry my cross
Help me I'm lost
A demon on the other
Hitchhiking to heaven
Rides are few and far between
Narrow is the way
Deserted is the highway
God, please meet me halfway
I'm struggling to see
Through the blinding rain
It's an uphill climb
The whole way
God, please shine your light
Just one little ray
Carry my cross
Help me I'm lost
#sadness
#LifeStruggles
#despair
#FeelingLost
#temptation
438 reads
4 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
30th Jul 2020 1:12am
30th Jul 2020 1:12am
Uncertainty
Where are we going
What lies ahead
We can't take back
The things that were said
Our perceptions have blurred
Our interests have waned
One long last look at you
On a slowly departing train
As we grow older
One of two choices we'll make
To fight the oncoming tide
Or drown in its wake
As for me I'm still riding
The top of the fence
The walk is a tense one
Filled with suspense
All I know is I love you
And that will never change
Please take my hand
And relieve this aching pain
What lies ahead
We can't take back
The things that were said
Our perceptions have blurred
Our interests have waned
One long last look at you
On a slowly departing train
As we grow older
One of two choices we'll make
To fight the oncoming tide
Or drown in its wake
As for me I'm still riding
The top of the fence
The walk is a tense one
Filled with suspense
All I know is I love you
And that will never change
Please take my hand
And relieve this aching pain
#sadness
#ImSorry
#heartbroken
#breakup
#separation
1156 reads
6 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
30th Jul 2020 00:38am
30th Jul 2020 00:38am
What if?
Your heart begins to race
And hands begin to sweat
Why are you scared?
Why are you sad?
Fear deceives
An unseen thief
What if this?
What if that?
Exhausting...
Just want to sleep
Sleep?
Maybe for awhile
Then it's something else
In the middle of the night
Wander the house
Like a ghost
A ghost of yourself
Confined to your cell
You've got the key
Somewhere in your mind
You keep looking
But it seems impossible to find
Better hurry...
And hands begin to sweat
Why are you scared?
Why are you sad?
Fear deceives
An unseen thief
What if this?
What if that?
Exhausting...
Just want to sleep
Sleep?
Maybe for awhile
Then it's something else
In the middle of the night
Wander the house
Like a ghost
A ghost of yourself
Confined to your cell
You've got the key
Somewhere in your mind
You keep looking
But it seems impossible to find
Better hurry...
#anxiety
#depression
#bipolar
#addiction
#MentalHealth
507 reads
2 Comments
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