“mors vincit omnia” (Photo credit: Sinéad McKeown)
Cruel wind howls
Where he kneels as still as death
His grieving face is granite
His tears have turned to ice
Forsaken
Left behind in frozen darkness
With his stone cold broken heart
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This is in response to this weekends Trifextra challenge:
..thirty-three word response using the word stone as one of your
thirty-three words. You can use any
definition of the word that you’d like, but we are specifically looking for
serious, well-conceived entries.
Breathing Space 
Just beautiful!
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Oh,this is so full of pain & pathos-loved the lines,”His grieving face is granite
His tears have turned to ice”.Very well written:-)
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Very well done, the emotion is strongly written. This is a lovely piece.
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Powerful words. You paint an incredible picture.
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Powerful emotions here. Adding ‘broken’ to “Stone cold broken heart” does a lot to elicit sympathy for him.
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Love the last line. I hope to never feel a “stone cold broken heart.” {{{Hugs}}} Kozo
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Chilling but beautiful.
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Have you used the photo as a prompt as well? Either way, I love that you’ve brought granite in as a second layer of the word “stone.”
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Thanks everyone for the encouraging comments – I’m inspired by so many great Trifecta writers. ❤
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I love the idea of pain turning one to stone.
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“His grieving face is granite”
YES. Excellent.
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Oh those howlingly cruel winds. As still as death. Some great images.
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