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POEM STARTER

'The key they'd given me still fit the lock, but the house no longer felt like home'

Write a poem which closes with this line.

Writings

Porcelain heart

TW: ABUSE


I recall the days you sent me into turmoil

Where you screamed in my face

And bullied me

Until I couldn’t do it anymore


The days were so dark

When you were in them

Which is unfortunate, as I _loved you_

But you didn’t _love_ me


The misty clouds lurking above my head

Shaking hands whenever you were in my presence

Or when you got your fist and threatened me

“If you talk to any other man,...

Hollow Walls

The walls in this house are hollow

I can still feel the pain

The walls closing in on me

On that fateful day


This house was no longer a home

But merely a box with walls

The walls in this house are hollow


You left me to suffer

Struggle

Fight for my self


But I thrived

You wanted me back

Said you didn’t mean it

That it wasn’t you

That you wouldn’t do that to me

...

Lost

We were at the beach together yesterday, your golden brown hair blowing wildly in the wind. Your smile was grand, wide and toothy as you closed your eyes, feeling the wind in your hair. I loved how happy you were I almsot forgot about the breathing machine attached to your nose.


The way your chest fell to deep and your breathing was too strained for someone so young. I loved your happiness, the...

Amuart

I’m not going to full on complain

I’m aware you can’t have sunshine without a little rain

But the memories linger in my brain

It’s time to let it out by writing down my pain


My childhood is a blur of mostly bad

Yet somehow I grew up thinking it was great, everything I had,

For years I watched you raise me and my brother on your own,

I watched you get abused,

I watched you cry alone


But you weren...

Memories

A home is not a home,unless it has memories of love.The smell of the turkey cooking in the oven on Thanksgiving. Decorating the Christmas tree with colorful lights with my family. Ho ,ho, ho, my father always dressed as Santa. Grandpa playing the accordion, while , my baby brother scuffles with the gifts under the tree. Mom always wanting to add more wood to the fireplace Coming home to see my p...

Keyless Home

Ever since I was young I was rarely, if ever shown any love.

Born a forgotten angel born from under thee above,

I’ve lived in plenty of houses, yet I’ve always felt alone,

With a heart as cold as ice and a soul that’s made of stone,

Always hate and neglect is all I was ever shown,

By family, friends and loneliness they are the only things I’ve only ever known,

Thousands of voices ring through my ...

The Key

As time comes and goes

People change and grow

We all move on and grow up

Sometime those the closest to us feel the farthest away

We wonder where time has gone

And wonder why we still come over

We celebrate the holiday then go our seprate ways

The key they’d given me still fit the lock,

but the house no longer felt like home...

Homeless

The key they’d given me still fit the lock,

but the house no longer felt like home.

The familiar photos still hung on the wall,

But I feel so completely alone.


It’s been eight months since you left,

Not that you had the choice.

But you left me here by myself dammit,

& I really need to hear your voice.


This house is my house, but no…

it’s not a home.

Because you should be here,

Not under a head...

Exuberance And Stuff

Imagine gold that

Flowed like

Velvet


Melted-down, satin

Smooth-drip

Tune


Strung sing-song

Tethered along

Fabric of a resonant


Heaven sent

Envelope with

Writing that

Is tattered for


The paper bent.


What do we wish for?

A diamond-plated door

Porcelain in accessory

Marble on the floor?


Does it matter when

The path we walk

Carved itself

In how grass grows?


Does the richness of our l...

I Ruin Everything

I was 14

My dad was cheating

My mother was just a girl

The day felt different

Two of my aunts ||: fathers side :||

Came to my home, yelled at me

Came to my room, then assaulted me; left with my father

When two of my cousins heard

Went to pick me and my mother up

Their house was my house for a week

Then back at my place, replaced the locks

The key they’d given me still fit the lock, but the house n...