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Shelley Lowell

  • Paintings & Poetry 2004-Present
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Rift

Rift

24 x 48 inches, oil/wax on canvas, 2013
Available for sale. Call for price. Giclees available upon request.

Rift

Lacerating words flew 
A volley of pent up emotions
Slapping
Stinging
Stabbing 
our inner children

Words we didn’t mean
Said in anger and pain
Hurt
Earth cracked beneath our feet 

But
We mended our differences
Moved on
A higher level of intimacy 

We discovered
who we really are
We didn’t die

Our rift was over
Its scar remained
reminding us
The journey of Relationship
A bumpy road

Expressing
vital to our survival 
vital to our growth
as individuals
as partners

Unsaid feelings fester
Permeate toxic undertows
ready to pull us down

We spoke our minds
Faced confrontation
Built trust

We are stronger
more connected
safer
freer
to be who we really are

To love each other more

– Shelley Lowell

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