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THE ISLAND PEOPLE: c 2010 Paul Kelley; oil on masonite panel; 11 x 14 inches



TEENAGE YEARS: c 2010 Paul Kelley; oil on masonite panel; 18 x 14 inches

TEENAGE YEARS

Tossing in termoil, tumbled around,
Can't find the path for the tracks on the ground.
Parents still think that Glen Miller is King,
And I've been brought up to seek for a ring.

Must be some more to this planet in space,
Than to scramble along with the whole human race.
I'd rather fly free like a bird in the sky,
Than be beaten and bound by propriety's lie.

P. Kelley



A DAY AT THE BEACH: c 2010 Paul Kelley; oil on masonite panel; 22 x 34 inches


THE BEACH

I came to this world as child so bright,
Bearing the future, the hope and the light.

Standing with kin on this clear crystal shore,
Feeling a sense of having been here before.

I had hoped that paradise might here begin,
But fear we may never pass this way again.

P.Kelley