This week’s Trifecta challenge:
For this week’s challenge, we again dug through your suggestions for inspiration. (If you haven’t linked up yet with Meet Your Fellow Trifectans, please do.) We’re going with Tamyka’s suggestion:
thun·der noun \ˈthən-dər\
1: the sound that follows a flash of lightning and is caused by sudden expansion of the air in the path of the electrical discharge
2: a loud utterance or threat
3: bang, rumble
MY ENTRY, using definition #3 (I kept it at 33 words because it’s more of a challenge):
He fires back at his enemy. The thunder of gunfire is deafening. A fellow soldier lies wounded beside him. There is nothing he can do to save his comrade. He prays. God cries.
The Smoking Squirrel 
I’m pretty sure you are right. God has no other choice but to weep.
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I agree. I feel sure he cries for this world every single day.
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keeping to 33 words is always a challenge. You met it in grand fashion.
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Thank you so much Barbara!
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This is good. There is a lot of drama in a few words…he prays; God cries.
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Thanks Elizabeth!
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I got a chill when I read the God cries. I think that God really does cry for us. Maybe at us. Maybe both. I loved this entry.
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I think he does too…daily. Thank you ma’am! xo
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God cries – Very nicely done. I admire you for sticking with 33 – I take the whole 333 and complain the entire time.
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Thank you. I try to always stick w/ 33 b/c I like to challenge myself and I’m a wordy kind of person so it’s not easy! 🙂
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Whew! Really good piece. A lot said in few words. I agree, God must cry for us daily.
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Thank you Diane
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Short is definitely good. You said less but you said much more.
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Thank you Ruby!
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I’m impressed that you kept the word count down – I agree it is more difficult. I like the ‘He prays. God cries.’ lines so much. I have to say, I never really thought about God crying. I don’t know why because I look at the state of the world and all that goes on and I want to cry. Why wouldn’t God react the same way to pain, dissappointment, frustration, etc.?
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Thank you! I’m not an overly religious person but I absolutely believe that humans break his heart every single day. Most war and conflict is due to religion (in my opinion) and I feel sure that isn’t how he intended this world to be!
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How could He not cry every day? I like what you did with this prompt.
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Packed with emotion in so few words. Brava!
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Thanks! 🙂
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You captured that sense of helplessness so well.
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Thanks!
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Thanks for linking up to Trifecta this week. I like how you chose to keep it to 33 words to increase the challenge. Nice job with the prompt. There’s a lot of emotion packed into this little piece. Hope to see you back again soon.
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Thank you!
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So poignant. 🙂
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Thanks! 🙂
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