This is Volume Two of an experiment in Poetic Metaphysics. It seeks to guide the reader upon an inward journey, hopefully both enlightening & consoling, as they ponder upon the many vagaries and blessings of this mortal human experience.

This is a slim volume of my Judeo-Christian-dedicated poems, penned in undying reverence towards God Almighty for granting us a likeness made in His image, that we may thus manifest both inwardly & outwardly, His magnificence through the impartation of His Holy Spirit. We hold the highest honour in being bestowed this status on earth and we quickly forget. May His light in us, His children & disciples, continue to shine forth even through the vagaries of our own humanity & through the dark, oppressive void and principalities of this world. Truly, any victory & glory we might obtain on this...

Contained herein is Volume One of an anthology of the complete, major works of Valerie Lynn Stephens. Within its covers, the reader will find an eclectic collection ranging in literary genres from a novel of experimental literary fiction to poetry to essays of philosophical & theological import.