Kaeden

I don’t revise my writing, so pretty much everything is a first draft. I am in love with creative writing. I think writing tells so much more than a story. Writing tells the secrets of the universe. I appreciate feedback because I am still so young!

Kaeden

i cared. and now i can’t.

Kaeden

1 min read

i cared.

i cared about you

and about us.

i cared about holding your hand

and walking with you in the halls

i cared about talking to you after my day

and hearing about your dog

i cared about you.

i cared about knowing your favorite color

and your dream career

i cared about who you wanted to become

and all your silly jokes.

i didn’t care about me.

i didn’t care about getting enough sleep

or how...

Poetry

YA fiction

when i think of it

Kaeden

1 min read

my lungs taste salty when i think of it.

when i think of how bad i want her

how i want to stay with her,

seeing her each day

in class and at rehearsal

my breath gets shallow when i think of it

when i think of never hearing her rant

or hearing her pretty laugh

or watching her from the other side of the room

because pretty soon

she won’t be in the room.

my heart beats faster when i think of it

wh...

Poetry

Romance

i hate the way i love you

Kaeden

1 min read

i hate the way you never notice me

standing so close to you

i hate the way i always look over to you

on the other side of the room

i hate the way you’ll move on so fast

and forget me, just a part of the past

i hate the way i think of you too often

and you never think of me

i hate the way you’ll never be mine

and how much i adore you

i hate how funny you are

and how you make me smile

i hate the...

Poetry

Romance

Runaway

Kaeden

3 min read

What if I ran away?

. . .

What if

I ran away?

Nathan has money stashed downstairs. The house is dark as I creep down the stairs—I can hear my brothers in the room over, disrupting the stillness of the atmosphere. The darkness looms as I’m in the kitchen, rummaging through. My heart thumps. I feel so close but so far. The bills slip out easily, and they feel smooth in my hands. Oh, the power of ...

YA fiction

Lost Brother Beauty

Kaeden

1 min read

On a dark night, when they were sitting on the back porch swing, just them and the crisp winter air, she spoke something she never had before.

“I used to have a brother.”

He looked over, but her gaze was focused on the scenery beyond, a faraway look in her eyes. Like she could sense his presence nearby, his spirit in the air, his soul in the sky.

“He was so kind and funny. He would drive me to ...

Poetry

YA fiction

Can You Hear Me?

Kaeden

1 min read

Can you hear me?

When I ask you of her name

You always get a call

I try to speak to you

Wishing to spend more time together

But it seems you can’t hear at all.

Can you hear me?

I feel unimportant

You never look my way

When I speak,

Never cherish my words

The way you’re meant to.

No, you don’t even acknowledge me

It seems you can’t hear at all.

Can you hear me?

That other girl you can.

It seems...

Poetry

YA fiction

I Miss The Little Things

Kaeden

1 min read

i miss the little things.

i miss the way you’d grab my hand so gently,

the way you’d kiss my hair,

i miss the way you’d say my name goodnight,

the way you’d hold my heart so bare.

i miss the little things.

i miss your hand in mine,

your silly little jokes,

i miss our hangouts late at night

your pretty smile, so divine.

but i don’t miss it.

i don’t miss the way your smile would fade

as i questi...

Poetry

Romance

Cross My Heart

Kaeden

1 min read

i’ll cross my heart

you’re the one.

but no one truly knows

surely everyone thinks

who they have

is their forever.

but how many of those

don’t work out?

how many

cross their hearts

but are wrong?

and i don’t want to be wrong.

i want to stay with you,

keep your hand in mind,

never feeling it slip away.

i want to keep you,

a prized possession,

wild and beautiful,

your light never fading.

until th...

Poetry

YA fiction

Feelings

Kaeden

1 min read

god, i like you.

the way your hair falls in your face

and your pretty blue eyes

i shouldn’t be looking

and i don’t want to look,

but i do.

every time i walk out of class

i look for you.

straining my head around

because there’s a little rush in my stomach

each time i see you

for no apparent reason.

your smile, wide and joyful

i think you’re so cute

i can’t help but smile,

watching you across t...

Poetry

Romance

Alone.

Kaeden

1 min read

Alone.

In the vastness of the trees

Buried deep in the woods

No one around

Not a trace of a sound

No one knows.

Alone.

I could do anything

And they wouldn’t know

I could run or I could stay,

And no one’s here to stop me

Either way.

Just the glimpse of sky

Up through the leaves

And the trees stretching around,

Like a blanket of security

That’s all I have

In this moment.

No one knows

How I fee...

Poetry

YA fiction