From her loft she could see the crown of the hill. The wind had gnarled the trees and tried to tether their branches but their trunks remained rooted in defiance. The storm lost.
(image credit: topleftpixel.com)
Written for the weekend Trifextra Challenge:
This weekend we’re asking for 30 of your own words plus the three following words for a total of 33 words.
Tether Loft Crown
polysyllabic profundities 
The storm lost… this time. It will be back to try again. 😉
Yes, it sure will be! 🙂
Ha! Very powerful. Great response!
Thanks Guap!! 🙂
Rooting for the roots!
Haha…me too!
Your post inspired mine, just so you know. You’re inspirational!
🙂 Thanks EH!
Have you heard from Hellis lately? Trying to see if she got my story for F*cked up Fairy Tales, but haven’t seen her on here or heard back.
She be extremely busy.
Just wanted to make sure everything was okay. Thanks for letting me know! Hope you guys are doing well. 🙂
I love it! It match so well with the picture.
Thank you very much!
I like the mental image of a tug-of-war between wind and roots. Nicely done 🙂
Thanks Janna!
Beautiful imagery! Love this.
Thanks very much.
“rooted with defiance” I even feel this way sometimes. Great accompanying picture!
Me too! And thank you.
Originally I saw the crown as the peaks, but the more I look at the picture the more I see a crown on the face of the rock.
Trees. Stubborn things!
Absolutely!
Trees seem to win more often than not. I don’t know why the storm keeps trying.
This is excellent. Love the inspirational quality. And the ending is perfect. Great job!
Thank you so much!
Trees often wins.. great and smooth use of the words.
Thank you very much.
Majestic-,that’s the word which came to my mind after reading this! 🙂
I love that…thank you.
🙂
yeah, rooted with defiance was amazing. You nailed this challenge.
Thank you.
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Already did!