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.
New start
I can feel winter blowing in
Bringing its frigid cold and blanket snow
To drift up and around my heart
I've weathered this bleakness before
With flaming fire and starved desire
Until spring arose from the dark
But somethings different this time around
I feel it in my broken will and poison pills
Heaven doesn't seem quite so far
The thought brings a relinquished relief
Tired of clinging to the past and hoping for happiness
This soul is ready for a new start
Bringing its frigid cold and blanket snow
To drift up and around my heart
I've weathered this bleakness before
With flaming fire and starved desire
Until spring arose from the dark
But somethings different this time around
I feel it in my broken will and poison pills
Heaven doesn't seem quite so far
The thought brings a relinquished relief
Tired of clinging to the past and hoping for happiness
This soul is ready for a new start
#sadness
#anxiety
#depression
#dark
#MentalHealth
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2 Comments
Hampster on a wheel
Everyday just like the others
Chasing my tail in an unending circle
Worn out and exhausted
Panic always lurking
A race against myself
A race that I can't win
A race that never started
A race that never ends
Always been a little OCD
But this is ridiculous
Paranoid behavior
Always suspicious
Run round, round
Into the ground, ground
Mind's not sound, sound
Going down,down
Into the ground
Gotta take control
Cause if I don't learn to deal
I'll spend my life
As...
Chasing my tail in an unending circle
Worn out and exhausted
Panic always lurking
A race against myself
A race that I can't win
A race that never started
A race that never ends
Always been a little OCD
But this is ridiculous
Paranoid behavior
Always suspicious
Run round, round
Into the ground, ground
Mind's not sound, sound
Going down,down
Into the ground
Gotta take control
Cause if I don't learn to deal
I'll spend my life
As...
#sadness
#anxiety
#depression
#MentalHealth
#fear
118 reads
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Hanging on by a thread
They see it in your eyes
Window to your mind
Are you gonna make it
Will you be fine
Slave to your fears
Thoughts racing and you can't keep up
Out of breath, can't move
Looks like your stuck
I'm not oblivious
But what can I do
I'm trying to keep myself together
But I'm running out of glue
I know it's wrong to wonder
If I'd feel better dead
But I'm lost out here in oblivion
Hanging on by a thread
Window to your mind
Are you gonna make it
Will you be fine
Slave to your fears
Thoughts racing and you can't keep up
Out of breath, can't move
Looks like your stuck
I'm not oblivious
But what can I do
I'm trying to keep myself together
But I'm running out of glue
I know it's wrong to wonder
If I'd feel better dead
But I'm lost out here in oblivion
Hanging on by a thread
#anxiety
#depression
#bipolar
#MentalHealth
#vulnerability
174 reads
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Grieving ghost
Shooting stars reigned down
Upon lovers laying on the grass
Neither knowing their future
Would soon become their past
Accidents are never planned
Nor is grief
A life taken
By a cat like thief
Another left to carry on
Like it's ok, alright, nothings wrong
But everyone knows the truth
That it won't be long
The signs start to show
No returned calls
Disheveled appearance
Retreating behind walls
It was meant to be
So the story goes
A lost love
Followed by a grieving ghost ...
Upon lovers laying on the grass
Neither knowing their future
Would soon become their past
Accidents are never planned
Nor is grief
A life taken
By a cat like thief
Another left to carry on
Like it's ok, alright, nothings wrong
But everyone knows the truth
That it won't be long
The signs start to show
No returned calls
Disheveled appearance
Retreating behind walls
It was meant to be
So the story goes
A lost love
Followed by a grieving ghost ...
#sadness
#grief
#loneliness
#dark
#despair
87 reads
2 Comments
Raised from the dead
Remove these stones
From my tomb
Gotta live my life
Outside of this womb
You can't keep me down
I'm putting up a fight
I refuse to play zombie
In your puppet life
I'm coming back
Better than before
With a brand new arsenal
To settle the score
No longer saddled by addiction
I refuse to lie in my made bed
Clean and sober
I'm raised from the dead
From my tomb
Gotta live my life
Outside of this womb
You can't keep me down
I'm putting up a fight
I refuse to play zombie
In your puppet life
I'm coming back
Better than before
With a brand new arsenal
To settle the score
No longer saddled by addiction
I refuse to lie in my made bed
Clean and sober
I'm raised from the dead
#faith
#alcohol
#drugs
#addiction
#redemption
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Finally be free
I am what you want
I am what you need
Let go of this world
And fill yourself with me
Lonely and afraid
I'll take it away
Rejected and empty
Come fill yourself with me
You know you want me
You know you need me
Now give into those feelings
I'll take you away
I'll take you far far away
We'll leave this place
Just you and me
Our love can grow
And we'll finally be free
I am what you need
Let go of this world
And fill yourself with me
Lonely and afraid
I'll take it away
Rejected and empty
Come fill yourself with me
You know you want me
You know you need me
Now give into those feelings
I'll take you away
I'll take you far far away
We'll leave this place
Just you and me
Our love can grow
And we'll finally be free
#alcohol
#drugs
#addiction
#emptiness
#temptation
302 reads
2 Comments
What would you do?
I close my eyes
And see your face again
Before you left us
Broken in pain
A shining ray of light
Comet streaking across the night
You brought us hope in crazy times
Then left us alone to cry
The smile you shared
Showed us you cared
But secrets kept tight
Were just too much to fight
Life's a game of chess
With your friends all having parts
One by one they fall
Taking pieces of your heart
Finally you're left standing alone
Not...
And see your face again
Before you left us
Broken in pain
A shining ray of light
Comet streaking across the night
You brought us hope in crazy times
Then left us alone to cry
The smile you shared
Showed us you cared
But secrets kept tight
Were just too much to fight
Life's a game of chess
With your friends all having parts
One by one they fall
Taking pieces of your heart
Finally you're left standing alone
Not...
#sadness
#grief
#loneliness
#heartbroken
#despair
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Wrong outweighs right
Living in a twilight world
All good and evil is
Shadowed to the discerning eye
Pinballing my way
Through everyday
Trying my best not to die
I break my own heart
When failure consumes me
But it's my only guide
Still, I tell myself I'm ok
But we all know
That's the biggest lie
And if it's death that I'm seeking
I know I can't lose
For everyday it draws nigh
The struggle to be good
Surrounded by evil is so real
A messed up life is all I can offer
And hope my wrongs ...
All good and evil is
Shadowed to the discerning eye
Pinballing my way
Through everyday
Trying my best not to die
I break my own heart
When failure consumes me
But it's my only guide
Still, I tell myself I'm ok
But we all know
That's the biggest lie
And if it's death that I'm seeking
I know I can't lose
For everyday it draws nigh
The struggle to be good
Surrounded by evil is so real
A messed up life is all I can offer
And hope my wrongs ...
#sadness
#shame
#frustration
#despair
#disappointment
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Cast away with my sorrows
The devil is my shadow
I shall always want
He leads me beside
Destructive debauchery
He devours my soul
He delivers me into temptation
And when I walk through the
Valley of the shadow of death
He reminds me I'm next
And will be his for eternity
God, please help me
I need your guiding light
To walk the straight and narrow
Let your grace fill me
Take this burden of shame
And cast it away with my sorrows
I shall always want
He leads me beside
Destructive debauchery
He devours my soul
He delivers me into temptation
And when I walk through the
Valley of the shadow of death
He reminds me I'm next
And will be his for eternity
God, please help me
I need your guiding light
To walk the straight and narrow
Let your grace fill me
Take this burden of shame
And cast it away with my sorrows
#regret
#faith
#shame
#redemption
#morality
123 reads
2 Comments
See no, hear no, speak no
Wash me clean
With holy water
Say three hail Mary's
Or should I bother
To cool to see
That I'm falling to my doom
See no, speak no, hear no evil
A fool that's free
Will never hear you calling them
Home
Try to hide my pain
But it always shows in my eyes
A fool's disguise
See no, speak no, hear no evil
Children calling
From my past
But my time can't be given back
I'll cry as I see them grown
Wondering where the time has gone
See no,...
With holy water
Say three hail Mary's
Or should I bother
To cool to see
That I'm falling to my doom
See no, speak no, hear no evil
A fool that's free
Will never hear you calling them
Home
Try to hide my pain
But it always shows in my eyes
A fool's disguise
See no, speak no, hear no evil
Children calling
From my past
But my time can't be given back
I'll cry as I see them grown
Wondering where the time has gone
See no,...
#regret
#loneliness
#heartbroken
#hurt
#bittersweet
122 reads
2 Comments
Fragile life
Fragile life
Guiding light
For the blind
Trust noone
Especially yourself
When broken thoughts are your life
Run from one sinking ship to another
Titanic, Britannic
It's all so manic
Colors fade and go away
When you're having an episode
"Welcome to the show!
We've got something for all the girls and boys!"
Lying in bed
Smothered in covers
The circus still rages in my head
It's a toxic combination
Tears fall
Sometime...
Guiding light
For the blind
Trust noone
Especially yourself
When broken thoughts are your life
Run from one sinking ship to another
Titanic, Britannic
It's all so manic
Colors fade and go away
When you're having an episode
"Welcome to the show!
We've got something for all the girls and boys!"
Lying in bed
Smothered in covers
The circus still rages in my head
It's a toxic combination
Tears fall
Sometime...
#anxiety
#depression
#SelfHarm
#bipolar
#despair
256 reads
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Lost at sea
Lost at sea
Storms erupt around me
Darkness blooms and grows wild
Waves of rage
Inundate
And wash away
The fear of despair
Where is the lighthouse
Path to home and happiness
Safety from the battle within
Soaked in tears of regret
I hold out hope
For rescue and reprieve
Storms erupt around me
Darkness blooms and grows wild
Waves of rage
Inundate
And wash away
The fear of despair
Where is the lighthouse
Path to home and happiness
Safety from the battle within
Soaked in tears of regret
I hold out hope
For rescue and reprieve
#anxiety
#depression
#bipolar
#MentalHealth
#vulnerability
112 reads
2 Comments
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