(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.) 939Please respect copyright.PENANAFB0i2qozmL
Once upon a child with a mind like a tempest, was a dream that lay dormant inside the child's soul.939Please respect copyright.PENANAuaaxZe4hBI
Now, the child knew of the dream's existence, but didn't care for it.939Please respect copyright.PENANAY3Sejiz9C6
You see, the child had a problem that many in this life counted by days would never face.939Please respect copyright.PENANAI7TO2mzwkN
The child did not exist.939Please respect copyright.PENANAr7Wl99fZGX
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.939Please respect copyright.PENANA5NQBjJ8BnU
When the child was brought to the world of the normal humans, no one understood him.939Please respect copyright.PENANAyuQMCGnrco
No one heard him. No blood was related to his.939Please respect copyright.PENANAaEnJ9yA4r2
To all he met, he was considered nonexistent not only because of his difference in personality, but also in appearance.939Please respect copyright.PENANAws0XlpMixm
The child wasn't like all children with their rosy cheeks and their soft hands.939Please respect copyright.PENANAH4QIsevnfV
He was a child that was scrawny, with a face of hopelessness and sorrow.939Please respect copyright.PENANAhkkDuDNksn
He had unkempt hair and bruises on his face.939Please respect copyright.PENANABWQJ1OkRZN
Because of this, he was abused and rejected by other humans.939Please respect copyright.PENANAyDtz0H2ZSl
And because of this, his dream slept coldly inside his soul.939Please respect copyright.PENANAZhUkQQYw1H
Until one day...939Please respect copyright.PENANALQtYtpBwvE
A man of sorrow and pain stood alone at the edge of his life.939Please respect copyright.PENANAI719LzITlu
A roaring storm raged around him.939Please respect copyright.PENANAx7JmEjwiK0
Thunder drummed loudly and lightning shot all around.939Please respect copyright.PENANADl9R855g5c
The sky was a dark grey with clouds that were spun by the unsettling winds.939Please respect copyright.PENANAfK4csfsCJW
However, the man did not feel the setting around him.939Please respect copyright.PENANABN0andlet3
He did not feel wonder or worry. Peace nor fight.939Please respect copyright.PENANA1XUUBKQqDs
He only felt emptiness and lamentation.939Please respect copyright.PENANAmekPATfmdy
The man had questioned for so long what the purpose of his life was ever since he was a child that never existed.939Please respect copyright.PENANAftDJuGLI2z
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.939Please respect copyright.PENANAQmVgOg7oc4
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.939Please respect copyright.PENANACAWP9IxdIa
The child opened his eyes.939Please respect copyright.PENANAXLwrQGWOXj
Crystal blue water surrounded him and bright light shone in front of him.939Please respect copyright.PENANASxEvWzGaiZ
A figure of a man walked towards him.939Please respect copyright.PENANAqVfCsICWKE
The figure was beyond extravagant, with robes of white and a face that shone brighter than the sun itself. 939Please respect copyright.PENANA7nQohG5IjO
He held his nail-pierced hands out wide and walked to the child.939Please respect copyright.PENANA6RZJ9QaVBG
"Do not be afraid, my child." began the man, whose voice was both powerful and peaceful, "For I am with you."939Please respect copyright.PENANA6c1LrrRJbU
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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.939Please respect copyright.PENANAUa5lgmcoE0
Why would any man speak to him? What was the man's intentions behind his words?939Please respect copyright.PENANAkqGHdyzsNP
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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.939Please respect copyright.PENANApRy8rXxIWA
"But how can I do so if I am all alone?" asked the child in a weak and silent voice.939Please respect copyright.PENANAu5pYS5jkDV
"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."939Please respect copyright.PENANA4KVMJ99dra
"But I have no purpose. I don't exist. Why would anyone stand beside me?" asked the child.939Please respect copyright.PENANAaD4PEZ9qvD
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The man smiled and knelt down so that he could be at the same height of the child.939Please respect copyright.PENANARM7BsN3t5H
"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.939Please respect copyright.PENANAM3vPWFrQ3a
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.939Please respect copyright.PENANAUPLACJA6lp
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."939Please respect copyright.PENANA7wOX6G8U2o
"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. 939Please respect copyright.PENANA4NADCHtnbO
"Who...are you?" whispered the boy.939Please respect copyright.PENANAhPmHltqnvq
"I Am." replied the man, wiping away the timid child's tears.939Please respect copyright.PENANAxZl7LoDNvP
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The child looked at the man. His face was brighter and his hand were held out wide.939Please respect copyright.PENANAe62HnOA6x5
The boy noticed scars from nails on the man's wrists.939Please respect copyright.PENANAiHPUza3AeX
At that moment, the boy knew who he spoke to and he began to cry tears of relief.939Please respect copyright.PENANAcfSsh69xnr
The boy fell into the man's arms and the man held the child assuredly.939Please respect copyright.PENANAu2n50vDemQ
"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."939Please respect copyright.PENANA9FNHGyoiZB
"Thank you..." replied the child.939Please respect copyright.PENANAPxGAQULsF6
At that moment, the crystal blue separated and the light of the man took over the surroundings.939Please respect copyright.PENANACrkLsLZJlG
The man of sorrow and pain opened his eyes and stood up.939Please respect copyright.PENANA650ZB6mDPk
The sea flowed gently and the sky was colored with a sunset of brilliance, with stars that fell gently into the sea.939Please respect copyright.PENANASjSTLVAaNC
The man smiled a smile that he had never before.939Please respect copyright.PENANA4GpO4WBYPD
He smiled peacefully.939Please respect copyright.PENANABPi8p7DOJX
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. 939Please respect copyright.PENANAuCkKTqWgvO
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.939Please respect copyright.PENANABOigAOjMyM