You Live In Me A Poem, By Joy Aletheia Stevens ~ Lord that I could be A testament unto thee That You I’d ever seek With every word that I speak ~ Let me sing in tongues of angels So the world might hear and know Let my life prove true these fables Man disregarded […]
Bleeding Love – A Heart Refined By Fire
Bleeding Love – A Heart Refined By Fire A Poem, By Joy Aletheia Stevens ~ God, here I am before you tonight, Holding out a heart, wounded, but contrite. A heart that bleeds its blood of love, I lay it before You, God above. ~ It’s been wounded deeply, But was not treated cheaply. And […]
Most Incredible of Thoughts
Most Incredible of Thoughts A Poem, By Joy Aletheia Stevens ~ There is a thought, To big to contemplate, To enormous to be sought, Too magnanimous to formulate. ~ This thought cannot be grasped, Most certainly can’t be hidden. It cannot be asked, No suitable answer given. ~ Though it most certainly can be touched. […]
The Best of Me
The Best of Me A Poem, By Joy Aletheia Stevens ~ Oh world grown dim in despair, You people who do not care, You have forgotten the holy creed, And the way your bonds might be freed. ~ You poets, have you forgotten love? You artists, what are you thinking of? Storyteller, where is your […]
Holocaust
Holocaust A Poem, By Joy Aletheia Stevens ~ Listen to the silence, If only for but a moment, And in the silence You’ll hear the screams. ~ Feel a taste of terror. Know a moment’s fear. Feel the coldness With which the air teams. ~ It all happened so long ago, But shadows still remain. […]
Hidden in a Dream
Hidden in a Dream A Poem, By Joy Aletheia Stevens ~ Turn the key, Unlock the mystery, Of the place that is free: Where words flow gently. ~ Quiet down mind! Listen to the stillness, And once again find The whimsical fullness. ~ The words, already there. The flow, entirely, exists. But the secret is […]
Took Me Home
Took Me Home A Poem, By Joy Aletheia Stevens ~ How could I be so very blessed I don’t understand, this I confess That You would take me as Your very own Like a foundling child without a home ~ You found me in an abandoned place And Your hand caressed my tear soaked face […]
Twenty-One
Twenty-One A Poem By Joy Aletheia Stevens ~ At One, Two, and Three, A lil’ babe, contented to be. But as a child of Four, Dreams of princes and castles galore! ~ At Five the girl decides “I shall be a princes bride!” And so the dreaming begins, At the core of her heart, the […]
Eyes Fixed
Eyes Fixed A Poem By Joy Aletheia Stevens ~ He stood with his eyes fixed: ~ Though the battle raged and you could here the battle horns, His proud uniform faded, his clothes raged and worn, Although they were outnumbered surely the battle was lost. Everyone had surely known that freedom had such a cost. […]
In The Beginning
In The Beginning A Poem By Joy Aletheia Stevens ~ In the beginning ~ God gave me a rose And it captivated me! Not one flaw, in it, did I see. ~ God gave me a universe And all I could do Was sit in wonder, utterly subdued. ~ God gave me an ocean, The […]