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293 · Mar 7
Name on my wrist
Kaiden Mar 7
I wrote your name on my wrist,
All the things that we have lost,
I hated seeing you like this,
Depression gone, but at what cost?

I wrote your name on my wrist,
Only to slice right through,
You were on top of the list
Yet you never had a clue.

I wrote your name on my wrist,
Knowing it wouldn't last,
But i rewrite it sometimes,
Not letting go of the past.
My best friend (and crush) wont be able to text until summer because he got really suicidal and can't handle that much stuff at once :(
289 · Nov 2024
Mud puddle
Kaiden Nov 2024
It was once clean
Filled with clear rain water
Mirroring your reflection
People not noticing its beauty
Stomped on it

Corrupted it with their shoes
The clear puddle was now brown
And *****
Small children wanted to play with it
But their mothers refused, as it was too filthy

But weren't they the reason the puddle was *****?
The children haven't done anything wrong
Yet they blame someone else
For what they have not done

And the puddle was left alone
Sad
With no one to admire it
And slowly but surely
It evaporated
Only to be replaced over and over again
274 · Nov 2024
Far
Kaiden Nov 2024
Far
As the darkness surrounds my room
I type unspeakable words
To the only one that cares,
Yet he can't be here

The pain of being attached to something
You can't see
Or hear
The craving of his touch
That's way too far to reach you

You see the words on the screen
Yet you feel so alone
He cares, and you know that
But does he really?

I drop my phone
As i lay down, staring at the pretty white ceiling
Counting each second closer to our goal
I might be young but one thing i know for sure

Love is complicated
Long distance relationships are beautiful, yet hard
274 · Jun 24
Away
Kaiden Jun 24
As you float away,
Leaving years of your life behind,
Will you ever stop to think what it would be like
If that specific decision wasn't made?

As you take your final breath,
And look around the room,
Will you wonder about what else could happen to you?
About the life you could have had without him.

As you close your eyes
For one last time,
Will you forgive your child,
For trying to save you?
Or will you still love him after death?
i just hope she leaves him one day
270 · Dec 2024
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
264 · Jul 7
Lifeline
Kaiden Jul 7
I try to keep myself together,
Holding onto you like a lifeline,
Yet i feel my hands slip off when you're gone.

And it works,
For just a while,
But it's so unfamiliar..
I got used to the feeling of the other one too much,
And haven't fully let go yet.
i love him sm but holy **** i need to learn to get over stuff
251 · Jun 6
Promises
Kaiden Jun 6
You make promises,
And never keep them.
Making a spontaneous decision to form a bond
Of the promise you'll never keep.

The necklace you used as a proof
That you can keep a few words true,
Now laying in your drawer,
Becoming a simple memory.
The bracelet you still wear on your wrist,
Not having the heart to take it off,
While the promise was broken ages ago,
Leaving it a meaningless piece of material.

The notebooks with poems,
About random people, thoughts, feelings,
Untouched for years,
The letters you knew he'd never recieve.

And the shiny blade,
Slowly being decorated by rust,
Yet you still use it.
You don't know why,
You don't know what it gives you,
But you made a promise.
this one is long af, kinda a vent thing i guess? idk bro i dont care at this point
243 · Apr 11
Creation of doom
Kaiden Apr 11
And i went through too much,
Months and years i've waited.
Eventually got way too lost
In something i created.
I got way too lost in a world i created myself.
241 · Aug 7
Liar
Kaiden Aug 7
Why would you lie to me,
Knowing i would believe?
You told me you would stay
While i saw you leave,

I wish i knew what went through your head,
When you said you wished one day you'd see me dead,
That one day i'd stop breathing,

But still, i kept believing
That one day you would come back,
That the lock on your heart
Would finally crack

And eventually break,
That i'll hear you say it was all fake,
But when that happens, i'll already be dead,
You said that you would love me,
I died a failure instead.
dawg idk this feels like something i would say to my mom lol. also, sorry for the bad quality, i dont really have any inspiration lately
239 · Dec 2024
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 :(
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
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.
233 · Jan 29
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
233 · Nov 2024
Survive
Kaiden Nov 2024
My brain tells me to fight
But my heart says no
232 · Nov 2024
Like father like son
Kaiden Nov 2024
When he was little he promised his mommy:
"I won't be like daddy, i swear!"
But promises are often broken
Especially when the person who made it, is broken too

He tried to keep his promise
But he failed.
He failed at everything.
A failure.
Ironic, isn't it?

The little boy turned into a young man
14 years old is a big boy after all
And the little boy slowly began dissapearing.
His mommy didn't like his changes
But he couldn't help himself

Why be a lawyer when you can
Rot in bed reading psychology?
Write poems, losing yourself in your own world?
Become an actor?

But he broke the promise.
Became so fake, being an actor wasn't a problem at all.
He lost the little boy he was before.
But he was still there.

Today, he says "i'm sorry".
But it's too late.
The little boy is dead.
Not very good but i wanted to share the painful experience of becoming someone you hate
231 · Jan 2
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
231 · Nov 2024
Young
Kaiden Nov 2024
In this world, to gain success,
You have to start young.
Why?
Because grown-ups aren't that special, silly.

When a child draws a picture
It's more special that if an adult made it.
The younger you start, the more talented you seem
Even if it's not true.

As a child i wrote a story and was labeled "gifted".
Now if i wrote the same thing, i would be a degenerate.
Your skills are supposed to grow along with your age.
So this is why you have to start young,
To be valid at least for a while.
A thought i had since i was a child, made it simply by observation
229 · Jan 29
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).
227 · Jan 1
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.
227 · Nov 2024
Writing
Kaiden Nov 2024
Is writing a gift,
Or is it a curse?
I could be a doctor, a lawyer, a nurse,
But i chose to be a disgrace instead.

I sit in my room, writing nonsense
That no one's ever gonna read.
Random words, without any context
Among other plants, a simple ****

A normal person sees this as a waste of time,
Takes away my notebook
Little did they know, it was the only thing keeping my sanity intact.
Wrote this at like 2am..
226 · Nov 2024
Not bad enough
Kaiden Nov 2024
Maybe it's reality
Or maybe i'm just weak
I have no reason to paint pernament lines on my wrists, do i?
Other children work too, don't they?

That were the words of my dear mother
Who lulled me into sleep with pain
Pain caused by her boyfriend who despised me almost as much
As my differences

My house is not normal enough to be good
But not bad enough to be normal
At least that's what i was forced to believe since the
oh so perfect age of ten
Abuse can mess with your mind
225 · Dec 2024
Therapist
Kaiden Dec 2024
Another year, another therapist.
Beginning at the age of 7 and not stopping ever since
Each therapist stealing a bit of my trust
Soon i start making up people to not just stay quiet

Scared of exposing my secrets
The failed attempts in achieving perfection
Or at least what 12 year old me thought was perfection.
The addictions, thoughts, experiences

All locked inside me
To only come out to strangers passing by
And taking the information with them
Keeping their mouths shut.
Tomorrow i'll go to yet another therapist, i probably wont tell her anything tho
224 · Jun 21
pain
Kaiden Jun 21
"you'll learn through pain" they said,
and so i did.
after years of them inflicting it on me,
i took the matter into my own hands.

i got addicted to something i hated so much,
the metallic taste,
the blades,
the touch.

the silver lines
all over my body,
the scars that'll stay there forever,
the sting after i clean the cuts,
(it feels like someone is taking care of me)

and the reason.
the reason i write this,
the reason i look for in my words,
yet can't seem to find
kinda feels like love, honestly

my writing is getting so much worse thoooo i wanna write at least one good thing before i die
221 · Nov 2024
Toy
Kaiden Nov 2024
Toy
Tell me, when did daddy's little boy
Become daddy's little toy?
216 · Dec 2024
Transgender
Kaiden Dec 2024
The reason you're hated, the
Reason your life is miserable, everyone is
Against you just because you're alive.
Nobody sees you as the true gender you are, they only
See you as a confused freak. They say that
God created you to be whatever you were born as,
Even though you're extremely uncomfortable because of it.
No one understands you, they see you as an abnormality.
Dysphoria begins to take over your body, mind and soul, the
Everlasting hate spreading around you. Being transgender is
Rough.
Another acrostic cuz they're cool, i dont care what others say
211 · Jul 10
Bring myself
Kaiden Jul 10
I can't bring myself
To write about someone else,
I buried a mistake in a pile of paper and regrets,
And wished for it to disappear,
Knowing **** well it wouldn't.
random draft i found
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 ****)
209 · Apr 11
tired
Kaiden Apr 11
I am tired so leave me be,
Focus on people you love,
Instead of wasting time on me,
I will watch you from above.

In the clouds or in the stars,
Whatever you choose me to be,
I will see you in my scars,
And how much you meant to me.
i'm way too ******* tired.
208 · Apr 22
Beautiful pain
Kaiden Apr 22
Paper lines
Paper lies.
The truth lies engraved in your arm,
The sweet pain that accomppanied your blood
As it dripped down
And stained your sleeve.
..
#sh
208 · Feb 6
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)
207 · Jun 21
Dear mother
Kaiden Jun 21
Dear mother,
Is this what you wanted me to become?
With your lessons, abuse
Would you be proud of me if you saw what i turned into?

Dear mother,
Would you still love me
If i died as a foolish poet
At the age of 14?

Dear mother,
Would you look back at what you did,
And say it was right?
When you get a call that your child ended their life
Because of you,
Dear mother?
i wonder what my "dear mother" would think after seeing what i write ****, im a failure
207 · May 29
Forget
Kaiden May 29
"I want to forget"
Stupid words said by a stupid child,
That deep down wanted to remember.

Now that I'm forgetting,
I try to put it into words,
So one day, when i forget,
They'll remember.
Let's be honest here, there's no "they". No one cares, no matter how much they pretend they do. This one is a draft from a month ago
206 · 6d
Heart
Kaiden 6d
You knew my heart was shattered,
The least i could do was make sure you
Didn't cut yourself on the pieces.
im pretty sure i heard this somewhere before but idk
206 · May 29
Innocence
Kaiden May 29
Did i really lose my innocence,
If i never had it?
For context, i was SA'd as a kid but i was really young and i dont remember anything from before that. The one who did it was my "loving father".
206 · Jun 28
Dead by tomorrow
Kaiden Jun 28
I lay in bed,
Knowing i'll be dead by tomorrow.
The air is cold as always,
Gently brushing against my blood-stained skin.

The regret slowly starts slipping into my mind,
Yet i lay there,
Unable to move.
I stare at my body,
Knowing i was the cause of my own death
(Or was i?)

I let someone in,
Now i leave this world by myself,
Over a few stupid decisions,
Interactions that should have never happened.
I'm sorry.
this doesnt make any sense but i hope the message is clear enough
205 · Dec 2024
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.
203 · Jun 21
you.
Kaiden Jun 21
i lost you
when i was only supposed to lose myself.
to become the few words
unseen by the world
tbh the fact that i might kms soon and the only part of me that will stay here will be my poetry, sounds kinda cool ****
201 · Feb 18
Running away
Kaiden Feb 18
Coldness
The loud gasps for air
And a phone you've been
Clutching in your hand.
The car chasing you,
Fear in your eyes.
You know it's the end.
You wait for the
Pretty blue and red lights
To save you.
And then you wake up,
Doctor everywhere,
And your very first
Mental hospital friend
Wrote this in the mental hospital
201 · Dec 2024
About a boy
Kaiden Dec 2024
I wasted time, love and energy
On a boy.
Now the boy is gone
But the feelings persist.
199 · Jan 5
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
197 · Jun 6
not real
Kaiden Jun 6
this place
i got forced into
is not real.
it may be for you,
but for me it is not.
after some time you start to see through the lies humans -
- or the others - built.
you see though this reality
into yours,
the voices feeling more real than people,
the shadows more comforting than touch
honestly i dont even know what im writing anymore, maybe it's just cuz im tired, maybe it's cuz im dissociating again, i have no idea. i just want it to end like *** just make it stop without pushing me in deeper for once
197 · Dec 2024
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.
197 · Dec 2024
School
Kaiden Dec 2024
I sit alone, with a book in my hand
Ignoring the loudness around me and
The ocassional contact with other human beings
I rarely talk, i'm quiet because my mind is too loud.

I try expressing my thoughts through words and other types of art
But how do i stay intact
If everything is falling apart?
When everything i knew and loved left?
Not in the best mood rn
196 · Apr 3
Punishment
Kaiden Apr 3
The punishment,
Mental torture turning into thin red lines.
There's no one to punish me anymore,
So who should?
I look around
And see
Me.
I feel like after some time self harm became a way i used to punish myself. As expected, it turned into an addiction and an unhealthy attachment to pain itself, i've been working on it with my therapist but i'm getting way too ******* tired.
196 · Apr 7
Worry
Kaiden Apr 7
The strange feeling,
Headaches, not being able to sleep.
I'm sure you've felt it before,
It's almost like a special kind of love
That hurts.
My best friend might be dead soon and i can't do anything about it because he's too far away and doesn't respond to literally anyone.
193 · Jan 19
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)
192 · Feb 18
You're scared
Kaiden Feb 18
You're scared.
Not me.
Of the consequences
Of your doings.
Not me.
191 · Jan 25
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
190 · Dec 2024
HATE
Kaiden Dec 2024
Hearing your voice
And seeing your face
Traumatizes me more than i'd care to admit
Even though i was supposed to be strong.
Another acrostic (i think that what theyre called) cuz i love them
189 · Jan 25
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
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