Rooftop

A Poem By Joy Aletheia Stevens

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Silence, whispers

Peace in the noise of the world

Quiet, escape

So high above where my story unfolds

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Up here the world has shrunken

Down to manageable proportions

So small my troubles seem to be

Stilled is the torrent inside of me

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A bird fly’s, higher and higher

Reaching to touch the dome of the sky

The earth stretches, wider and wider

Till its immensity is clear to my eye

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Lifted am I above the confusion

I see at a birds eye view

So distant, it seems, my life’s distortions

Paused in play, on queue

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I’ve escaped my fears

They have gone from here

I’m left in peace above all

I’m carried on wings and won’t fall

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God’s taken me here

Left in a peaceful refrain

Beyond a barrier, though sheer

And here I remain

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On the roof

~Joy Aletheia Stevens

Photo Credit: A terrace-eyed view by meenakshi madhavan (CC BY 2.0)