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A house is not a home

When living all alone A house is not a home Just empty rooms where memories remain. The one you love has gone Still you soldiered on Believing someday you'll meet again. As time passes by You look towards the sky Searching for an answer to your prayer. Praying the one you love Is there with God above Safely in his love and tender care.

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Diane Christian

Date: 2/3/2025 7:52:00 AM

100 percent even my house is not a home. i have 2 adult children still live at home, but home is in the heavenly realms where our loved ones wait for us. we will see our loved ones again and Jesus will return

John Read
Date: 2/3/2025 10:29:00 AM

Hi Diane, most of my loved ones have passed on, the only comfort is believing we'll meet in heaven when the time comes.

Panagiota Romios

Date: 1/4/2025 6:38:00 AM

Houses and hearts are similat, ib familes or with frinds, oh the jot friends have in killing you! YES. If you can avoid know it all friends. A house you can move away from. But your heart know you can’t it stays with you. There’s nothing to put in it to make it nicer. They just stab you and run away laughing in the night.. pangie xx

John Read
Date: 1/5/2025 5:09:00 AM

Hi Pangie, I believe once your partner passes on a house is no longer a home, wishing you all the best for the new year God bless you. xx

Gershon Wolf

Date: 11/18/2024 9:10:00 PM

Very nice!! ... Once knew a man who lost his wife. He was kind of a saint, actually. Gave away all his money to the poor and such. Well, I gave him a ride 'home,' late one night. Drove up to his house. He looked at me crying and said, "This is not my house. I don't know where I live anymore." ... HIs wife had passed away eight months earlier. He was sincere. I let him off at a synagogue. He probably slept in there (every night). ~ gw

John Read
Date: 11/19/2024 7:39:00 AM

I understand how he was feeling having lost my wife Gershon, thank you for your heartwarming comment.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 11/15/2024 8:15:00 PM

Gonna fave this!

John Read
Date: 11/16/2024 7:59:00 AM

Thank you Andrea your so sweet.

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 11/14/2024 6:43:00 PM

That is the best hope, that heaven is home.

John Read
Date: 11/15/2024 7:33:00 AM

Hi Kim one day we'll all find out if heaven does exist. Xx

Panagiota Romios

Date: 11/14/2024 2:23:00 PM

Touching John! I can relate well to this poem! I had to learn to let go of the dead and live with the living more importantly, to LOVE the living. If I had not, my life would have been bittersweet and devoid of happiness. Hugs.Pangie

John Read
Date: 11/15/2024 7:32:00 AM

I understand Pangie life must go on God bless you. Xx

Paula Goldsmith

Date: 11/14/2024 11:05:00 AM

WOW!!! I enjoyed reading this lovely write. Life can be very hard from time to time. It is very hard when we lose someone we love very deeply. A Great Ending. Sometimes love needs to say good bye until we meet again. Great memories are the best kind to have... Have a blessed day writing away.............

John Read
Date: 11/14/2024 11:12:00 AM

Thank you Paula for your heartwarming warming comment, have a lovely day God bless.

Daniel Henry Rodgers

Date: 11/14/2024 5:13:00 AM

Hello John, I could feel each verse echo the hollow ache of solitude of loss and longing. We feel the weight of absence and the resilience of hope. Your poem beautifully shows the bittersweet dance between earthly memories and heavenly aspirations, touching hearts with its raw honesty. Autumn Blessings, MY Dear Friend, Daniel

John Read
Date: 11/14/2024 7:57:00 AM

You summed up my feelings beautifully Daniel, thank you for your time and comment. God bless you.

Beryl Edmonds

Date: 11/13/2024 6:39:00 PM

Brother John, I can imagine how lonely it is at home alone and dread the thought of it. I hope your memories are a comfort to you, till the day you know you can, be together in heavenly romance… Sis Beryl

John Read
Date: 11/14/2024 8:16:00 AM

Hi sister Beryl, it's those memories that keep me going, we are still together in spirit that will never die.

Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 11/13/2024 2:01:00 PM

I agree s house is not a home without your loved one around. Your children grow up and get married and even Christmas is not the same any more either, no presents that santa brought are under the lit up tree . John I dread that my husband or myself, one of us will die and the other left alone, What heartbreak you go through my friend I do understand and hear you. Blessings John, Jennifer.

John Read
Date: 11/14/2024 8:06:00 AM

Hi Jennifer, losing a loved one, especially your soulmate is devastating, but sadly it happens to everyone, it's a part of life, it's the memories that keep one going, but sometimes those memories can hurt as well. Thank you for your visit and comment God bless you.

Deb M

Date: 11/13/2024 12:59:00 PM

Oh what a heart touching write John! Honest and vulnerable and sad. Just lovely....Debx

John Read
Date: 11/13/2024 1:30:00 PM

Once you lose your soulmate a house is no longer a home. Thank you for your comment and visit Deb God bless you. Xx

Karen Jones

Date: 11/13/2024 12:14:00 PM

Great somber yet hopeful poem. Reminds me of the song by Luther Vandross !

John Read
Date: 11/13/2024 12:17:00 PM

Thank you Karen, I will have to listen to that song. God bless you. Xx

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 11/13/2024 12:07:00 PM

- A deeply moving poem, John...loneliness is painful...especially when the holidays come - hugs

John Read
Date: 11/13/2024 12:15:00 PM

Sure is Anne thank you for your comment God bless you. Xx

Tom Cunningham

Date: 11/13/2024 7:25:00 AM

Sadly it becomes a shell with no heart beat, many are in that situation living day to day. I hope it's a fictional write John. Tom

Tom Cunningham
Date: 11/13/2024 8:28:00 AM

I'm sorry to hear that John,

John Read
Date: 11/13/2024 8:00:00 AM

No Tom sadly it's true since my wife passed.

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 11/13/2024 2:40:00 AM

When my wife died I spent seven years living alone. So, I relate. Then, last year, I had an accident, and my daughter insisted I employ a carer. Things are better now. Great poem.

John Read
Date: 11/13/2024 8:01:00 AM

Hi Victor my daughter and my two sons still visit, but it's not the same without your soulmate.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 11/12/2024 4:21:00 PM

Very nice. To let you know. There is a typo for soldier on.

John Read
Date: 11/13/2024 8:02:00 AM

Thank you Andrea I've corrected my mistake. Xx

Darlene De Beaulieu

Date: 11/12/2024 2:34:00 PM

Hello John, I felt the same way when my husband passed. i was in this big house all alone. I walked the hallway and down the stairs until I was tired to sleep. it was not a peaceful sleep. at least I slept. Enjoy your evening friend. /Darlene

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 11/13/2024 9:58:00 AM

Hello John, I agree things can never be the same. I remember the good memories, not the bad ones. I have questions that will never be answered by him. /Darlenexx

John Read
Date: 11/13/2024 8:06:00 AM

Sorry for your loss Darlene, thankfully we still have memories for company, once you lose your soulmate things can never be the same.

Michael Tor

Date: 11/12/2024 12:52:00 PM

Love this John such a tender and loving piece, hoping for someday to reunite with the love of your life. I wrote one Heartfelt Goodbye which is how I would feel loosing my wife. You have already experienced this Loss. You will see her again someday John. This one is a favorite because it tells a story of love for your wife and the hope of seeing her again. Wonderfully written and a heartfelt write. God bless you for sharing my friend...

John Read
Date: 11/12/2024 1:15:00 PM

Thank you Michael for your heartwarming comment, thankfully I have some wonderful memories to keep me going, it's something we all have to encounter sometime in our lives, but it's never easy, once again thank you for your visit and comment God bless you.

Michael Tor
Date: 11/12/2024 12:53:00 PM

PS "A house is not a home." for sure...