(I was inspired by this brilliant piece of music, and I recommend Lacey Sturm's music and the band she once was the singer for known as Flyleaf.) 936Please respect copyright.PENANAH57zVEkcTR
Once upon a child with a mind like a tempest, was a dream that lay dormant inside the child's soul.936Please respect copyright.PENANA8wtOAwPm1f
Now, the child knew of the dream's existence, but didn't care for it.936Please respect copyright.PENANA4k6pSVu1sM
You see, the child had a problem that many in this life counted by days would never face.936Please respect copyright.PENANA9awYI6clb3
The child did not exist.936Please respect copyright.PENANA45GEuNxljh
Though he lived and breathed in the world of every human, he was unfamiliar with the concepts of the world, for before his birth he was made nonexistent and his soul was brought to a world that could only half-exist.936Please respect copyright.PENANAEoNODwLJ8D
When the child was brought to the world of the normal humans, no one understood him.936Please respect copyright.PENANAVdgwaGLaQo
No one heard him. No blood was related to his.936Please respect copyright.PENANACsFn2baCDF
To all he met, he was considered nonexistent not only because of his difference in personality, but also in appearance.936Please respect copyright.PENANAi0nmBfvFXV
The child wasn't like all children with their rosy cheeks and their soft hands.936Please respect copyright.PENANAWLcdBaYyK4
He was a child that was scrawny, with a face of hopelessness and sorrow.936Please respect copyright.PENANAZb4kQHsad1
He had unkempt hair and bruises on his face.936Please respect copyright.PENANAmIPGt85Fyo
Because of this, he was abused and rejected by other humans.936Please respect copyright.PENANAR7bcP4LVF2
And because of this, his dream slept coldly inside his soul.936Please respect copyright.PENANAWI45E2fn7B
Until one day...936Please respect copyright.PENANAq4x3IFpeyD
A man of sorrow and pain stood alone at the edge of his life.936Please respect copyright.PENANAN3Q1u4A3GX
A roaring storm raged around him.936Please respect copyright.PENANAx0Ff4oJIAV
Thunder drummed loudly and lightning shot all around.936Please respect copyright.PENANAKdIm4d7kJU
The sky was a dark grey with clouds that were spun by the unsettling winds.936Please respect copyright.PENANAIdrDwh9MWF
However, the man did not feel the setting around him.936Please respect copyright.PENANAIqsa0Rqy7g
He did not feel wonder or worry. Peace nor fight.936Please respect copyright.PENANAIGhq0aykW5
He only felt emptiness and lamentation.936Please respect copyright.PENANAoE7WerJRlJ
The man had questioned for so long what the purpose of his life was ever since he was a child that never existed.936Please respect copyright.PENANAixIXFQP0A7
He had lost all hope of ever dreaming and he had decided that the only way to ever feel alive was for him to die.936Please respect copyright.PENANARriBh59RNH
As he looked down where only jagged rocks like knives lay, he breathed a silent sentence and let himself fall with the tears that he had held inside for so long.936Please respect copyright.PENANA9OK357DQhT
The child opened his eyes.936Please respect copyright.PENANAEeo4bOPKTI
Crystal blue water surrounded him and bright light shone in front of him.936Please respect copyright.PENANA8DzZXlEk2d
A figure of a man walked towards him.936Please respect copyright.PENANAC95c7WQhP9
The figure was beyond extravagant, with robes of white and a face that shone brighter than the sun itself. 936Please respect copyright.PENANAjuMBrdzOqO
He held his nail-pierced hands out wide and walked to the child.936Please respect copyright.PENANA14FLo85G6B
"Do not be afraid, my child." began the man, whose voice was both powerful and peaceful, "For I am with you."936Please respect copyright.PENANAqaYszphCmr
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The child, who trembled at the sight of the man and all of his brilliance, stared at him with eyes that grew with a wonder.936Please respect copyright.PENANAkfUQBWTXal
Why would any man speak to him? What was the man's intentions behind his words?936Please respect copyright.PENANAP0nBzltavi
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"Do not hold onto to the pains of your past and what others say to you, for words of no worth fade in the end." said the man.936Please respect copyright.PENANASJBJydfPgR
"But how can I do so if I am all alone?" asked the child in a weak and silent voice.936Please respect copyright.PENANAvEPM83Gvea
"You may feel alone in your battle in this life, with everyone you meet trying their best to bring you down, but if you hold onto the One who was given you life, you will never be alone."936Please respect copyright.PENANAXrooTxqHre
"But I have no purpose. I don't exist. Why would anyone stand beside me?" asked the child.936Please respect copyright.PENANADtJflmMb4B
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The man smiled and knelt down so that he could be at the same height of the child.936Please respect copyright.PENANATzeFMXXOiO
"My child, you do have a purpose. You have a purpose that comes in the form of a dream. You have been given this dream so that you may fulfill it, but not alone.936Please respect copyright.PENANAFaPPQHW231
For every dream is created so that it may glorify the Lord above, and if man was to accomplish a dream alone, the dream would become dead. The Lord has been waiting for you to let Him into you so that your questioning of existence may cease and that you may find rest in Him.936Please respect copyright.PENANAgiaKImmzyT
You do exist, even if others don't believe that you do. You do not exist because of them, but because of the One who was died for you."936Please respect copyright.PENANA2x4z8IbAPX
"I...I..." began the boy. His voice trembled and tears began to fall. The words of the man had pierced though a storm that was dark and horrid, a storm that haunted the boy. 936Please respect copyright.PENANA3mJFGEDD8b
"Who...are you?" whispered the boy.936Please respect copyright.PENANA7lfXUIY3Ft
"I Am." replied the man, wiping away the timid child's tears.936Please respect copyright.PENANAtS5B6NOeH6
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The child looked at the man. His face was brighter and his hand were held out wide.936Please respect copyright.PENANA1RQDFPSyxM
The boy noticed scars from nails on the man's wrists.936Please respect copyright.PENANAJZRNlQvtCC
At that moment, the boy knew who he spoke to and he began to cry tears of relief.936Please respect copyright.PENANAesnT266H7P
The boy fell into the man's arms and the man held the child assuredly.936Please respect copyright.PENANA60RmAtABm3
"I tell you this, your pain and trials of this life are far from over, but you will never be alone, for I have felt all your pain and I shall stand with you till and after your end has come."936Please respect copyright.PENANAkWKSHFoHSL
"Thank you..." replied the child.936Please respect copyright.PENANALgz9509zPJ
At that moment, the crystal blue separated and the light of the man took over the surroundings.936Please respect copyright.PENANAOWZqtHj2mo
The man of sorrow and pain opened his eyes and stood up.936Please respect copyright.PENANAFM1tfnt7VY
The sea flowed gently and the sky was colored with a sunset of brilliance, with stars that fell gently into the sea.936Please respect copyright.PENANAhmXnaAkDLJ
The man smiled a smile that he had never before.936Please respect copyright.PENANAeEry7ujaAq
He smiled peacefully.936Please respect copyright.PENANADJ03I1OnCa
For he, the man who had once not existed, had found a purpose though the storm that had held under waters of chaos for so long. 936Please respect copyright.PENANAWh3Df3rVVS
He found something to hold onto, something to keep him breathing, something to keep him alive...and he was going to chase it till the end if his days.936Please respect copyright.PENANAPIGE89of6A