Writing Prompt

A house is where I lay, rest and stay.

Walls surrounding you and a roof to protect you when it rains. A place designed to your

comfort - nothing more.

But a home -

A home needs no deed or paper to prove it’s yours. It’s arms holding you steady when things get rough,

Laughter echoing everywhere, and love to share your happiness with.

A house with memories means little if there’s no one to shar...

A house is where you live,

A home is what you love,

A family is who you see,

When you walk through you’ll be,

Joyful like a dove,

Flying up above,

Right atop your roof,

A roof of a house,

A roof of a home,

Is it a mouse,

No it’s just good bones,

You can fix up the place,

Make a house a home,

It won’t really change,

Not unless it’s you,

You’re what can make a house a home,

You’re what can take ...

I watch as they all laugh together. Clem, Anastasia, Eiran, Valencia and her little brother Cyrus, Wyatt, Ade, and Amadi. They’re all together.

They may not all be blood related, but they’re each other’s family.

_Family._

That’s something I never had growing up.

My mother died when I was five and my father raised me. Well actually, that’s a lie — he didn’t raise me. I raised myself. He w...

I dread going back.

The empty house with no love.

I dread walking through the doors.

The doors no one noticed that I opened.

I dread seeing the other people who live there.

The people who barely know I’m here.

I dread it.

The way I’m ignored, neglected.

I dread my house.

The house that has never felt like home.

Can’t I have a home?

One where love blooms?

One where I’m hugged?

One where I’m kissed...

i love my house, but my home can love me

we picked my house, but my home picked me

my house has an address, my home has names

my house has a sturdy foundation, with walls that protect me, rooms that allow vulnerability

my home also fits these roles

my house has seen tears fall from my face, while my home wiped them

my house has doors that i’ve slammed out of anger, but my home opened t...

Comfort, safety, and love.

All bundled up in a box called "Home."

While memories are made in a home,

Stories are to be told in a house.

Living in a box isn't as dull and boring

As it may seem.

Energy is built in the home.

Life breathes through the house.

Love breathes through the home.

Joy, creation and safety all made possible

through my home.

Home is where the heart is.

Home isn't temporary.

...

What the difference between a house or a home?

A house you can live with others yet you’re forever alone,

A home is a place of love which honors your soul,

When a house breaks you down never to be whole,

Four walls and a ceiling built upon a hidden hole,

Where the landlord is a Devil always on patrol,

Breaking you mentally taking away your power of control,

Leaving you to live a life infected with...

A house so silent,

It seems empty.

But it remains haunted

By possibility.

The possibility

Of my father.

The potential

Of a fight

Or a hug.

Has he changed?

His expression say

He hasn't.

But there is a quiet tinge of pain

In my heart

Every time he's in the kitchen

And we ignore each other.

Like ghosts in our own, living house.

Living family.

But we pretend we don't exist anymore.

...

idk if this rlly relates to the prompt lol

happy family

what does that even mean

when everyone is so keen

to leave and argue and fight

in plain sight

and i can’t grasp

why they do this to us

to their children,

their babies

their everything

secrets unfolded

truth beholden

tears

drop

drop

drop

so i will

break

and

break

until i cannot no more

and i will slam t...

The difference between

A house and a home

A home can be as

Small as a mouse

As cozy as a fire burning high on Christmas morning

A home is yours

Yours to do with as you wish

Yours to have and sleep in

Yours to love and keep close

Your safe space no one can interrupt

Meanwhile a house can be as

Big as a mountain

As spacious as the sea

A house is anybodies

But you and me

A house is grand

Modern, a...