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