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Kaiden Feb 6
A poet that can't write,
An artist that can't draw.
I know that with my life
I won't get too far.

I wake up every morning,
Blinded by the light.
Working all day long,
Crying every night.

Scared of my stepfather,
Scared of the whole world.
I would escape from here,
If i only could.

A young little soul
But with so much pain.
And if i die soon,
Please remember my name.
(**** i was selfish lol)
This is the very first poem i wrote. It's terrible but i felt like sharing it here.
Feb 6 · 184
Przemoc
Kaiden Feb 6
Dziecinna zabawa w kota i myszkę
O życie.
Jak uciekanie po kątach
Zamkniętej przestrzeni,
Mając nadzieję na wydostanie się
Poza niezniszczalne ściany.
I zakończenie,
Groźba i obietnica.
"Nie mów nikomu, wiesz co się stanie".
Postanowiłem coś po polsku napisać, bo czemu by nie. Nie najlepsze, ale chyba może być.

(First time writing poetry in my native language since i noticed a lot of Polish people here. Not the best but i tried <3)
Feb 1 · 113
Validation
Kaiden Feb 1
I crave it
Like a drug.
It pulls me through the words
As i type on the screen
Or notebook.
It's almost like attention-seeking
Yet i won't give up
Until i get enough.
I sometimes feel like i need way too much validation
Jan 30 · 424
Change
Kaiden Jan 30
One they stopped
Going to the playground
But you stayed.

One day they stopped listening
To their parents
Yet you obeyed.

The others grew up
When you did not.

For them it was nothing,
For you it was a lot.
Apparently some people might feel/act like they're a bit younger because their brain had to focus on surviving instead of developing properly.
Jan 29 · 113
Poet
Kaiden Jan 29
A soul broken into pieces,
And given an ability to write in return.
As "compensation".
To make people relate,
Getting the tiniest bit of happiness
From their work
While dying slowly.
I feel like this one is kinda selfish but idk
Jan 29 · 2.0k
Trauma
Kaiden Jan 29
I'd rather live through the trauma
That i know,
Instead of starting a new one.
I was given the choice of living with my father and my mother (and her boyfriend). He's abusive but I'd rather suffer through the trauma I know than a new type of trauma where i wouldn't know how to deal with it.
Jan 29 · 184
Understand
Kaiden Jan 29
Show me what you love
And I'll try to love it.
Show me what to be
And i will become it.
But i won't ever understand.
5th poem of the day let's goooooo
Jan 29 · 100
Love poems
Kaiden Jan 29
I could never write those.
A type of art so sweet for the soul,
Yet so hard to master and understand.
A poem written by the heart,
The hand only being a
Tool for it to communicate.
Trying to explain
Something no one truly knows.
Seriously, every time i write love stuff i cringe after the first line and give up lol
Jan 29 · 129
Abuse
Kaiden Jan 29
Abused
Belittled
Used
Scared
Exploited
Jan 29 · 167
Robots
Kaiden Jan 29
Hands working to get the supplies
For their master.
Used, exploited.
For other people's comfort.

They breathe the same air
As the "masters"
But are shamed for it.
For wasting the oxygen
The "master" needs.
Children shouldn't be slaves (and actual slaves shouldn't be slaves as well, unless they really want to).
Kaiden Jan 29
"Oh to be loved by a writer"
Someone once said to me,
Not knowing they are.
Being hated by a writer is so much worse tho

(Also, i wanna be loved by a writer ****)
Jan 29 · 245
Swing
Kaiden Jan 29
A childish object
Lifting you
Up and down.

The air surrounding you
Like a cold but comforting embrace.
Up and down.

The wind ruffling your hair
Like a loving mother's hand would.
Up and down.

Your only friend
That won't ever leave you.
You leave it first.
Up and down.
I think we left swings too early
Jan 25 · 126
Adults
Kaiden Jan 25
Adults.
Some are smart,
Yet some are not.
Fighting over their tiny problems,
Killing people,
Just to make a point.
Nuclear weapons used as
Tiny threats,
Childrens use when you steal their toy.
Censoring people's lives,
Because you have the power.
I still can't believe they chose a **** ****** as their president
Jan 25 · 167
Untitled
Kaiden Jan 25
You say that i don't try,
And I'm trying really hard.
Even tho you don't see me cry,
I am falling apart.
I wrote this when i was 12 or 13
Jan 19 · 277
Perfect child
Kaiden Jan 19
Good grades,

Clean clothes,

Obedient behavior.

Perfect child.

So why do you hurt them so much?
You do everything they want but they still have a problem.
Jan 19 · 276
The feeling after
Kaiden Jan 19
They talk about the act,

But never the feeling after.

They don't talk about the guilt,

The blood sticking to your sleeve.

The cleaning up after

Or the simple lack of it.

They don't talk about people asking,

And you saying it's because of the cat,

Half a million times.
A lot of people forgets that it's not just "cutting for fun", it's a bunch of other stuff.
#sh
Jan 19 · 83
Ban
Kaiden Jan 19
Ban
Ban everything,
Media,
Differences,
And the will to live.

Ban everything, except yourself.
The history book on the shelf always repeats itself.
Jan 19 · 140
Child of clay
Kaiden Jan 19
Child of clay,
Born in the shadow of death and decay.
Shaped and formed into what they're expected to be,
To be manipulated easily.

By the very hands that made them,
The hands that were supposed to care.
But what if they hate them, what then?
The creation crushed with just one stare.

And yet again, they're shaped and molded,
To always look as they please.
If they're not perfect, they will get scolded,
The cycle always repeats.

And when the creator is satisfied,
The flames **** the life out of the creation
They don't ever care about the child,
Just want to fulfill their temptations.

So the child stays alone,
Like none of this ever mattered.
And if it falls from the shelf, down below,
Its soul will immediately get shattered.
My friend made up a line and asked the writers from the server to finish (thanks pookie ily <33)
Jan 10 · 146
Home
Kaiden Jan 10
You tried so hard to leave.
Why did you come back?
Asking myself this exact question since forever
Jan 10 · 851
Brother
Kaiden Jan 10
Today i found out that
My brother is turning into me.
Every single detail.
I'm scared for him.
My brother is exactly the age i started sh and i found out he already tried it "out of curiosity". Same as me. I have no idea how to help him because he refuses to believe he's not okay. I don't want him to go through the same stuff i sent through.
Jan 10 · 298
Dear mother
Kaiden Jan 10
I love you,
So continue to live your life
Without me.
Sometimes it's better to leave them
Jan 10 · 85
Myself
Kaiden Jan 10
I miss who i was
Don't know who i will be
And I'm scared of what I've become.
I don't really know who i am anymore.
Jan 8 · 116
Bathroom
Kaiden Jan 8
A shirt hanging on the door handle,
Preventing your eyes from
Looking at me.
I was 11.
I was a kid but i still had to put a shirt on the door handle so no one would stare at me. Some people are disgusting.
Jan 7 · 121
Untitled
Kaiden Jan 7
I may not accompany you
In your further path.
For you have left me behind
While i still haven't forgotten you.
It still kinda hurts
Jan 7 · 518
Test subject
Kaiden Jan 7
Needles injected into my body,
Machines everywhere,
The concerned nurses whispering to each other.
The tests and
The forgotten fear of needles,
Define my existence.
I am a test subject,
Nothing wrong but nothing right.
And they will continue
Until it's too late.
Since i was a child i had really bad dizziness and sometimes fainting, all of that getting worse over time. Since i was 12 ive been getting multiple tests but no one knows what's wrong. I literally got used to needles (i used to have panic attacks just seeing them). I feel like a ******* test subject.
Jan 5 · 495
Death's lullaby
Kaiden Jan 5
Shut your eyes,
Fall into the pain's tight embrace,
And go to sleep.
Forget the lies,
At a tiring pace,
The very few memories to keep.

The monster's gone,
But is it true?
You think you won,
But the monster is you.

So shut your eyes,
Fall into pain's tight embrace,
And go to sleep.
Forget the lies,
At a tiring pace,
The very few memories to keep.
Kinda proud of this one. But now, shut your eyes, fall into pain's tight embrace...
Jan 5 · 179
Alone
Kaiden Jan 5
Shut your eyes,
Cover your ears,
And focus on your breathing.
You can't hear them now.
The words many of you might have repeated to yourself
Jan 4 · 152
Lost child
Kaiden Jan 4
Imagine a little child
Wandering through the streets all alone,
With nothing but a tiny backpack
And a toy in their hand.

No one stops to ask if they're okay,
No one wants to look at them,
Most people don't even aknowledge them.

And they only care
When the child gets hit by a car,
Dissapears from existence.
To never be seen again.
Inspired by a story i wrote as a kid
Jan 2 · 210
Art
Kaiden Jan 2
Art
The perspective of it changes as you age,
At first, art is just a picture,
Of a tree or a house.
Then it changes,
It morphs into words or images,
Hiding a slight meaning.
Before you even realize it,
People begin to be concerned about your art,
While some find comfort in it.
Art cannot be explained,
As the meaning lies in every artist's heart,
Whether they know it or not.
"Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable"- Cesar A. Cruz
Jan 1 · 110
Workaholic
Kaiden Jan 1
You wake up.
Immediately, you check your phone.
The amount of things to do is unbearable,
But you have to get it done anyway.
Why?
You don't know.

You start doing the work by yourself,
No one there to help you yet.
As always.
You have to do everything alone.
Why?
You don't know.

You finish the work
And you feel empty.
You HAVE to do something, anything.
Why?
You don't know.

You're completely burnt out,
They ask you if you're okay.
You're not.
Why?
You don't know.
If you're reading this, PLEASE take a day off, i know work is important but i don't want the same to happen to you that happened to me.
Jan 1 · 201
Leaving the house
Kaiden Jan 1
Leaving the house,
The memories,
Pain and happiness.
The child that used to live there.

Sometimes you leave too soon,
Sometimes you just have to.
For the good of the other people
Still locked inside.

You can't help but worry about them,
But you can't change anytning,
Now that you left.
But it is what you wanted, is it not?

You thought leaving the house would help you
But it only made it worse.
You have the life you wanted,
But at what cost?
As someone who moved out at 13, it's VERY confusing. Yes, i left the house where i was abused but at what cost? Now my brother is going through the same thing and i can't be there to help him.
Jan 1 · 87
Favorite hoodie
Kaiden Jan 1
My favorite hoodie,
One that aged along with me.
The hoodie that remembers it all,
The pain, sweat fear,
Still having the white paint stains.

It remembers the joy,
The children's laughter,
The forest we both used to love
And the universe i created in my head.

It knows more about me than any person in the world,
Remembers all of my happy and sad moments,
The tears of joy and sadness.
Today i am wearing it and writing this poem.
Thank you.
I wont be surprised if no one likes it but anyway, i have that one favorite hoodie i absolutely love and i wouldnt trade it for the world.
Jan 1 · 125
People
Kaiden Jan 1
Some people are born to be succesful,
Some people are meant to be losers
Some are born to recieve everything the others give them
Some are born to give
Some people get love
Some people give it away
Some people take it as granted
Some people would do anything to get it
Some people have everything
While others are meant to have nothing.
You don't choose the life you're born in. Everyone here has a role. Sometimes your role is being broken.
Dec 2024 · 88
10pm
Kaiden Dec 2024
10pm.
The time when i used to always text you,
The time i told you about everything
And anything.

10pm.
Every single evening.
The hour we got together,
When i confessed months of surpressed feelings.

10pm.
Now it's all gone.
But the hour remains special.
Instead of joy, it is filled with pain.
All because one text.
10pm was the time when i used to always text a guy i absolutely loved, we were together for 9 months but i guess im unlovable.
Kaiden Dec 2024
You said you're sorry, i tried to accept it.
Pick up the broken pieces of my heart,
The ones that you broke apart.
Sometimes i wish i have never said it,
The words that doomed me into this nonsense,
Trying to imagine your presence
Next to me.
Today i give up on trying to find a copy of you,
Someone to replace the emptiness you left behind.
Someone who could give me a better view,
Of the souls that have never alligned.
I write way too much breakup stuff
Dec 2024 · 474
A broken artist
Kaiden Dec 2024
A broken artist doesn't **** you in their mind,
Doesn't rip the pictures apart, wishing it was you, no.
A broken artist will let you live forever,
As the worst of the worst punishments.

They might make you an entire new person,
Let you into their world,
In their notebook
Or canvas.

You'll be cared about
As equally as despised.
For them to tell you one day,
"This character was based off of you".
I often base my characterss off real people, mostly the bad ones. For example, a character based off my stepfather plays a giant role in the story, it's pretty well written but it's also one of my most hated characters.
Dec 2024 · 69
To Drab
Kaiden Dec 2024
This isn't a poem but a piece of writing to remember a wonderful person that was here before randomly dissapearing. Some of you might remember him. He was that one kind, older man who wrote poems i absolutely loved and was also my first follower. I'm not sure why he left or what happened but i wanted to write this so people would remember him. I never knew him personally and i didn't even know him for long here. He was pretty active on here and i feel like it got a bit empty without him. I love everyone here but i feel like everyone remembers their first follower/supporter, especially if they were active. So, Drab, even tho you probably can't read this, thank you.
His account got deleted so i cant show yall sorry :(
also, sorry it's not perfectly written, i can't really focus today
Dec 2024 · 193
Warm water
Kaiden Dec 2024
I enter the bathtub filled with warm water
To wash away the stress and trauma.
The liquid which used to bring me so much comfort
And so much fear.

The water i used to warm my hands with,
The water i used to make food i hoped no one knew about,
The water i gave my dying dog,
The water that kept me alive.

And i sit there, thinking about it.
About everything that can happen
In the span of 4 years.
Earth is a strange place indeed,
As it is filled with water.
Kinda a reference to a poem i wrote some time ago, also named Warm water. Also, i really miss Drab, he left Hello Poetry some time ago. He was my first follower and even tho i don't really know him i still miss him :(
Dec 2024 · 729
If they knew
Kaiden Dec 2024
If they knew what happened yesterday
What would they say?
What would she say to her man
If everything went according to the plan?

If she knew the pain i feel
Would she still think it's not real?
Would she regret the things he had done?
If after all of this, i will be gone.

Lost in addictions
And my own sorrow
My whole life a fiction,
With no tomorrow.

I write this words for me to remember
That i was once a child as well.
About what happened this December
And that i went through hell.
This one is one of my drafts, i decided to finish it. It's basically a message to my future self but i wanted to post it anyway.
Dec 2024 · 108
Sounds
Kaiden Dec 2024
Stomp, stomp, stomp
Here come the footsteps meaning to unalive me

Stab, stab, stab
The knife is doing its work

Drip, drip, drip
The blood slowly drips on the floor
From which i may not pick myself up anymore.
Dec 2024 · 1.3k
Trauma
Kaiden Dec 2024
How am i supposed to like you
After what you did to me?
Children have memories too,
Father
Guys im sorry i dissapeared for like a week i was at my father's house
#sa
Kaiden Dec 2024
Are we still together?
No.
Would i do anything for you?
Yes.
Despite the things that happened he's still a really good friend and i wouldnt trade the world for him.
Dec 2024 · 88
Heart
Kaiden Dec 2024
Make my heart shatter
To assemble it again
And destroy it later
Breaking it into more pieces
Dec 2024 · 86
All i wanted
Kaiden Dec 2024
I got everything i wanted
But not in the way i hoped
I have a feeling that everything i wished for when i was younger happened later but in a way that either hurt me afterwards or just completely different than what i wanted. I also really wanted bad stuff to happen to me (i dont know why) and it all happened. I might just be paranoied but still.
Dec 2024 · 104
Pain
Kaiden Dec 2024
It doesn't go away
It just transforms into something else
Like energy never dissapears and just turns into a different type of energy, pain never goes away. It can change, sure, but it's always there.
Dec 2024 · 244
Small world
Kaiden Dec 2024
One writer knows another
Who knows one known by the first

Small world, isn't it?
No idea if it even makes sense, came up with this one at 6:30am going to school
Dec 2024 · 116
Words
Kaiden Dec 2024
I have to have you comply
For i will take away your will to live.
In the end, you'll end it anyway.
Your lean figure leaning over a torn piece of paper
With tears in your eyes.
Some people can't bear being with a bear,
Winding up for harsh winds
Or being so close to closing yourself.
Okay this doesn't make any sense but homographs are cool, change my mind
Dec 2024 · 169
About a boy
Kaiden Dec 2024
I wasted time, love and energy
On a boy.
Now the boy is gone
But the feelings persist.
Dec 2024 · 164
Victim
Kaiden Dec 2024
I have obeyed all your commands
Endured your beatings, reprimands
Your punishments, it was all true
But my mother only defended you.

I've taken years of your abuse
Your own work was my only use,
In my room, at night i cried,
I wished that i would have just died.

Standing on the bridge, watching the stars
Feeling my cuts slowly turn into scars,
I wondered, how can someone be so cruel?
But wondering was against the rules.

I say goodbye, for i must depart
To try and fix my broken heart,
With a notebook and a pen.
If they can't fix me, then no one can.
I literally got kidnapped by my stepfather 2 days ago. Now i'm finally back home. I'll probably write a bunch of stuff about abuse because i want to raise awareness of this topic.
Dec 2024 · 663
I'm sorry, mother
Kaiden Dec 2024
I'm sorry, mother
For being a failure.

I'm sorry, mother,
For leaving you.

I'm sorry, mother,
For not being the perfect child you wished i was.

I'm sorry, mother,
For giving up at such a young age.

I'm sorry, mother,
For not being you.
I'm sorry.
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