(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.) 974Please respect copyright.PENANAnGQ5jFCoh5
Once upon a child with a mind like a tempest, was a dream that lay dormant inside the child's soul.974Please respect copyright.PENANA4WSQnMNorx
Now, the child knew of the dream's existence, but didn't care for it.974Please respect copyright.PENANAaEVX03buB3
You see, the child had a problem that many in this life counted by days would never face.974Please respect copyright.PENANAPOnoAZQkgX
The child did not exist.974Please respect copyright.PENANAqNZjY3FK2u
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.974Please respect copyright.PENANAshVkSdZhla
When the child was brought to the world of the normal humans, no one understood him.974Please respect copyright.PENANAtA27Beu5cP
No one heard him. No blood was related to his.974Please respect copyright.PENANADktcEO50cZ
To all he met, he was considered nonexistent not only because of his difference in personality, but also in appearance.974Please respect copyright.PENANAaX4OTJYkU5
The child wasn't like all children with their rosy cheeks and their soft hands.974Please respect copyright.PENANARFxWzKD1eV
He was a child that was scrawny, with a face of hopelessness and sorrow.974Please respect copyright.PENANA4hr5R6PKCQ
He had unkempt hair and bruises on his face.974Please respect copyright.PENANAFoKySnjNH7
Because of this, he was abused and rejected by other humans.974Please respect copyright.PENANANvPgVbytwj
And because of this, his dream slept coldly inside his soul.974Please respect copyright.PENANAbqaAVknHMm
Until one day...974Please respect copyright.PENANAnEQ4xOVJG3
A man of sorrow and pain stood alone at the edge of his life.974Please respect copyright.PENANA42vWSUV8P3
A roaring storm raged around him.974Please respect copyright.PENANAKzFqSqGZFx
Thunder drummed loudly and lightning shot all around.974Please respect copyright.PENANANT86yZwuhT
The sky was a dark grey with clouds that were spun by the unsettling winds.974Please respect copyright.PENANAi5i7mHML2N
However, the man did not feel the setting around him.974Please respect copyright.PENANA8SZJuwnbuQ
He did not feel wonder or worry. Peace nor fight.974Please respect copyright.PENANAeLrm7nGuyk
He only felt emptiness and lamentation.974Please respect copyright.PENANA5TzqsWtd2D
The man had questioned for so long what the purpose of his life was ever since he was a child that never existed.974Please respect copyright.PENANAKgqkgX9nWq
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.974Please respect copyright.PENANAk6HJR0Zjwo
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.974Please respect copyright.PENANAoyrwm2tckX
The child opened his eyes.974Please respect copyright.PENANAFrd9uRi2W2
Crystal blue water surrounded him and bright light shone in front of him.974Please respect copyright.PENANA195vEqadjE
A figure of a man walked towards him.974Please respect copyright.PENANAgBWZhSyC2a
The figure was beyond extravagant, with robes of white and a face that shone brighter than the sun itself. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAjXkyypg6ju
He held his nail-pierced hands out wide and walked to the child.974Please respect copyright.PENANAJoy5GRf4Iv
"Do not be afraid, my child." began the man, whose voice was both powerful and peaceful, "For I am with you."974Please respect copyright.PENANAcovCswiupF
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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.974Please respect copyright.PENANAcznjvIKnD1
Why would any man speak to him? What was the man's intentions behind his words?974Please respect copyright.PENANAVAAIPv3lJU
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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.974Please respect copyright.PENANAays5YlXh6E
"But how can I do so if I am all alone?" asked the child in a weak and silent voice.974Please respect copyright.PENANAKe6p1BB87j
"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."974Please respect copyright.PENANAZwusrjvCQM
"But I have no purpose. I don't exist. Why would anyone stand beside me?" asked the child.974Please respect copyright.PENANAxdsv8CnKGp
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The man smiled and knelt down so that he could be at the same height of the child.974Please respect copyright.PENANAjeZVfWLtuE
"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.974Please respect copyright.PENANA4H2u71VQFy
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.974Please respect copyright.PENANABO81nNrmUF
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."974Please respect copyright.PENANAMKdtVLBKb0
"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. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAs3k0XBIriK
"Who...are you?" whispered the boy.974Please respect copyright.PENANA1nmY9fgRNu
"I Am." replied the man, wiping away the timid child's tears.974Please respect copyright.PENANAWBOpzYG4AE
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The child looked at the man. His face was brighter and his hand were held out wide.974Please respect copyright.PENANA7CRJ3354y9
The boy noticed scars from nails on the man's wrists.974Please respect copyright.PENANAUwyeTmO7fH
At that moment, the boy knew who he spoke to and he began to cry tears of relief.974Please respect copyright.PENANAaIqc3kG94Z
The boy fell into the man's arms and the man held the child assuredly.974Please respect copyright.PENANA8sS3U0JDJI
"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."974Please respect copyright.PENANACsvvTzEPDS
"Thank you..." replied the child.974Please respect copyright.PENANA509mBUQpfl
At that moment, the crystal blue separated and the light of the man took over the surroundings.974Please respect copyright.PENANApe8IK3IZQZ
The man of sorrow and pain opened his eyes and stood up.974Please respect copyright.PENANAfZSjGf8NTo
The sea flowed gently and the sky was colored with a sunset of brilliance, with stars that fell gently into the sea.974Please respect copyright.PENANAB2znjVu2gR
The man smiled a smile that he had never before.974Please respect copyright.PENANACPHbzdjowu
He smiled peacefully.974Please respect copyright.PENANAeruonIEK9N
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. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAYgNrWWhBfu
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.974Please respect copyright.PENANA3xmmjSl9pc