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Shelley Lowell

  • Paintings & Poetry 2004-Present
    • Last Tree Standing Video
    • Last Dawn Video
    • Walk & Talk – Ridgefield Guild of Artists
  • Paintings 1996 – 2003
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On The Edge

On The Edge36 x 36 inches, oil/wax on canvas, 2005
Available for sale. Call for price. Giclees available upon request.

On the Edge

I stood on the edge
Roots grasping the soil
fearful, I would fall.
Fall into the abyss,
turbulent swirling sea. 

I can’t swim
All these limbs,
can’t swim
Ocean leaped up
Waves slapping

Teasing, 
taunting me,
“Let go!”
“Fly,” it said.
“Fly, I will catch you.”

It laughed 
spraying salty moist air.
Wind whipping,
I gripped eroding earth,
holding on.

“Jump! Jump!”
“I will catch you!”
Waves beckoned
Earth slipped 
out from under.

Spinning, 
falling, falling…
Then, suddenly
I felt morning sun warm
my dew laden leaves.

Peaceful meadow
Roots firmly planted
encircled family, friends 
swaying in the 
Summer breeze.

A dream!
It was all a dream.
Morning breeze
peaceful meadow
firm roots.

– Shelley Lowell

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