Thank you, Anni. Maybe I'm a masochist because I do like making things difficult for myself. I considered rhyming each line as well, but that was a bridge too far. Perhaps next time...
The church and its attendants,
ancient lichened edifice
amid a stony congregation
etched with the lives of the past,
eroded with time and wear,
that final message, once bold,
now crumbling and faint,
returned to the dust of ages.
Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 10.31.22
Prompt: Gravestone.
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