(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.) 962Please respect copyright.PENANAn7m6akM6dy
Once upon a child with a mind like a tempest, was a dream that lay dormant inside the child's soul.962Please respect copyright.PENANAenaVZta03b
Now, the child knew of the dream's existence, but didn't care for it.962Please respect copyright.PENANA4hnQzoGWH2
You see, the child had a problem that many in this life counted by days would never face.962Please respect copyright.PENANAdrkUzh5TJi
The child did not exist.962Please respect copyright.PENANAgSm3UVOMnm
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.962Please respect copyright.PENANAk9vQskgAF2
When the child was brought to the world of the normal humans, no one understood him.962Please respect copyright.PENANADgOrcHUKlu
No one heard him. No blood was related to his.962Please respect copyright.PENANAt4dDiDYlty
To all he met, he was considered nonexistent not only because of his difference in personality, but also in appearance.962Please respect copyright.PENANAchPH4JfKu5
The child wasn't like all children with their rosy cheeks and their soft hands.962Please respect copyright.PENANAtqk1W4vj7p
He was a child that was scrawny, with a face of hopelessness and sorrow.962Please respect copyright.PENANAzQChRYp1lD
He had unkempt hair and bruises on his face.962Please respect copyright.PENANAPTxnmjO6OI
Because of this, he was abused and rejected by other humans.962Please respect copyright.PENANAdLwIG1juCD
And because of this, his dream slept coldly inside his soul.962Please respect copyright.PENANAcy15WJGhj6
Until one day...962Please respect copyright.PENANAjfUY0TuviG
A man of sorrow and pain stood alone at the edge of his life.962Please respect copyright.PENANAQYA5X0SOH0
A roaring storm raged around him.962Please respect copyright.PENANAGPSKCligvk
Thunder drummed loudly and lightning shot all around.962Please respect copyright.PENANA7NF0y5jZZQ
The sky was a dark grey with clouds that were spun by the unsettling winds.962Please respect copyright.PENANAxfS3YrJA98
However, the man did not feel the setting around him.962Please respect copyright.PENANA0H74t1bXJ7
He did not feel wonder or worry. Peace nor fight.962Please respect copyright.PENANAKr1u2KwgPL
He only felt emptiness and lamentation.962Please respect copyright.PENANAshKepWwA3P
The man had questioned for so long what the purpose of his life was ever since he was a child that never existed.962Please respect copyright.PENANAj0Gnpqrl3x
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.962Please respect copyright.PENANAhXFpMlRvfq
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.962Please respect copyright.PENANAttdUPisZuJ
The child opened his eyes.962Please respect copyright.PENANAyFBGhUm1Q0
Crystal blue water surrounded him and bright light shone in front of him.962Please respect copyright.PENANA2VYiOnnJ9F
A figure of a man walked towards him.962Please respect copyright.PENANADvzeXOifom
The figure was beyond extravagant, with robes of white and a face that shone brighter than the sun itself. 962Please respect copyright.PENANAdEk3yYLntD
He held his nail-pierced hands out wide and walked to the child.962Please respect copyright.PENANAiMnFGyJnkI
"Do not be afraid, my child." began the man, whose voice was both powerful and peaceful, "For I am with you."962Please respect copyright.PENANA7ah82ClEny
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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.962Please respect copyright.PENANAuZALuDVIes
Why would any man speak to him? What was the man's intentions behind his words?962Please respect copyright.PENANAzVjYOl0GZd
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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.962Please respect copyright.PENANAjTYqOozG1b
"But how can I do so if I am all alone?" asked the child in a weak and silent voice.962Please respect copyright.PENANAAnaz6pbdMO
"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."962Please respect copyright.PENANAbkRo2jC4fT
"But I have no purpose. I don't exist. Why would anyone stand beside me?" asked the child.962Please respect copyright.PENANA6WWw4YBVOv
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The man smiled and knelt down so that he could be at the same height of the child.962Please respect copyright.PENANAEqYhJaeuoT
"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.962Please respect copyright.PENANAUNsTkhhRog
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.962Please respect copyright.PENANABNdeEDOrMA
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."962Please respect copyright.PENANArYrQuUkGOv
"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. 962Please respect copyright.PENANAQuWP52PwdH
"Who...are you?" whispered the boy.962Please respect copyright.PENANAdIIp2xNhSo
"I Am." replied the man, wiping away the timid child's tears.962Please respect copyright.PENANAii8eIsMxjc
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The child looked at the man. His face was brighter and his hand were held out wide.962Please respect copyright.PENANAbLQsACZGn8
The boy noticed scars from nails on the man's wrists.962Please respect copyright.PENANAkHEZTB4jRP
At that moment, the boy knew who he spoke to and he began to cry tears of relief.962Please respect copyright.PENANAb9732BEzL4
The boy fell into the man's arms and the man held the child assuredly.962Please respect copyright.PENANAhkXduZV5rE
"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."962Please respect copyright.PENANAoQOhZtpDnR
"Thank you..." replied the child.962Please respect copyright.PENANABE2I0MowuO
At that moment, the crystal blue separated and the light of the man took over the surroundings.962Please respect copyright.PENANAGRQNtvmLCI
The man of sorrow and pain opened his eyes and stood up.962Please respect copyright.PENANAtQdlErKOOE
The sea flowed gently and the sky was colored with a sunset of brilliance, with stars that fell gently into the sea.962Please respect copyright.PENANAWAvjc6WnCX
The man smiled a smile that he had never before.962Please respect copyright.PENANAdxH67JZ9Gu
He smiled peacefully.962Please respect copyright.PENANAuqhqURSA12
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. 962Please respect copyright.PENANAVAnwxrZvgF
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.962Please respect copyright.PENANACI3iqxfUmm