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Shelley Lowell

  • Paintings & Poetry 2004-Present
    • Last Tree Standing Video
    • Last Dawn Video
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Last Tree Standing

Last Tree Standing

24 x 48 inches, oil/wax on canvas, 2004
Available for sale. Price upon request. Giclees available upon request.

Silent Witness

Still I am confused, 
bewildered, perplexed.
How could a species so intelligent
do that to their own? 

I’ve seen this happen 
time and again.
Each time I wept.

Not for food.
These upright beings.
But for power, control, greed.

I’ve seen this happen 
time and again.
Each time I wept.

It will happen no more.
They are gone.

I’ve seen this happen 
time and again.
Each time I wept.

The forests. The animals.
All gone.

I’ve seen this happen 
time and again.
Each time I wept.

I am the last tree standing.

– Shelley Lowell

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