(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.) 997Please respect copyright.PENANACGYGpFsGW9
Once upon a child with a mind like a tempest, was a dream that lay dormant inside the child's soul.997Please respect copyright.PENANAeR8gtLLCoQ
Now, the child knew of the dream's existence, but didn't care for it.997Please respect copyright.PENANAPRMrg1HG4N
You see, the child had a problem that many in this life counted by days would never face.997Please respect copyright.PENANA5QCpOn2o8n
The child did not exist.997Please respect copyright.PENANAcQ5VMrLO1k
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.997Please respect copyright.PENANA1wxokNFhTD
When the child was brought to the world of the normal humans, no one understood him.997Please respect copyright.PENANAu6iVHNBUnK
No one heard him. No blood was related to his.997Please respect copyright.PENANA3j4dZ4pJeG
To all he met, he was considered nonexistent not only because of his difference in personality, but also in appearance.997Please respect copyright.PENANAOc9eZr54QK
The child wasn't like all children with their rosy cheeks and their soft hands.997Please respect copyright.PENANAEcGAuat0Dp
He was a child that was scrawny, with a face of hopelessness and sorrow.997Please respect copyright.PENANAUQBVEVMNP9
He had unkempt hair and bruises on his face.997Please respect copyright.PENANAiSbyO9oVph
Because of this, he was abused and rejected by other humans.997Please respect copyright.PENANABI5OirvPvJ
And because of this, his dream slept coldly inside his soul.997Please respect copyright.PENANAuuvuzy6vIL
Until one day...997Please respect copyright.PENANAYSxOVeNrS1
A man of sorrow and pain stood alone at the edge of his life.997Please respect copyright.PENANAlLo5EedTF9
A roaring storm raged around him.997Please respect copyright.PENANA3Q4sZNviID
Thunder drummed loudly and lightning shot all around.997Please respect copyright.PENANAdKMOqhcjFr
The sky was a dark grey with clouds that were spun by the unsettling winds.997Please respect copyright.PENANAV0NmZtvAs4
However, the man did not feel the setting around him.997Please respect copyright.PENANAPq1Uhq3nmI
He did not feel wonder or worry. Peace nor fight.997Please respect copyright.PENANApIzRC9NfFv
He only felt emptiness and lamentation.997Please respect copyright.PENANAB1wJrld4sI
The man had questioned for so long what the purpose of his life was ever since he was a child that never existed.997Please respect copyright.PENANA9L00nQ4iM9
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.997Please respect copyright.PENANAKmNAZSnc9F
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.997Please respect copyright.PENANAzLcPJcOczA
The child opened his eyes.997Please respect copyright.PENANALjMy5QeXQb
Crystal blue water surrounded him and bright light shone in front of him.997Please respect copyright.PENANAxEritaDmUp
A figure of a man walked towards him.997Please respect copyright.PENANAOzeqOqXvIB
The figure was beyond extravagant, with robes of white and a face that shone brighter than the sun itself. 997Please respect copyright.PENANA0QdoXyHJAe
He held his nail-pierced hands out wide and walked to the child.997Please respect copyright.PENANAsRnZIokbT8
"Do not be afraid, my child." began the man, whose voice was both powerful and peaceful, "For I am with you."997Please respect copyright.PENANAipp1tn6G5C
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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.997Please respect copyright.PENANAxxkzWViK9p
Why would any man speak to him? What was the man's intentions behind his words?997Please respect copyright.PENANARipPYkThIl
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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.997Please respect copyright.PENANAGaj8hq0LNl
"But how can I do so if I am all alone?" asked the child in a weak and silent voice.997Please respect copyright.PENANAMyQyVRABnk
"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."997Please respect copyright.PENANAOWTDnVeg2i
"But I have no purpose. I don't exist. Why would anyone stand beside me?" asked the child.997Please respect copyright.PENANAkVqinQZqtY
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The man smiled and knelt down so that he could be at the same height of the child.997Please respect copyright.PENANAAF0uhKarH4
"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.997Please respect copyright.PENANAl6s4faX3pW
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.997Please respect copyright.PENANA5nk7gA16QO
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."997Please respect copyright.PENANAptuRMCvOIW
"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. 997Please respect copyright.PENANA9NYDb8icJV
"Who...are you?" whispered the boy.997Please respect copyright.PENANAtoL90xo4Hc
"I Am." replied the man, wiping away the timid child's tears.997Please respect copyright.PENANAjbOQ8Y7Zg2
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The child looked at the man. His face was brighter and his hand were held out wide.997Please respect copyright.PENANAy4iHvNvRdh
The boy noticed scars from nails on the man's wrists.997Please respect copyright.PENANAT3thjW25QQ
At that moment, the boy knew who he spoke to and he began to cry tears of relief.997Please respect copyright.PENANAcbcL7FrBp0
The boy fell into the man's arms and the man held the child assuredly.997Please respect copyright.PENANAd2sSqU33Ro
"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."997Please respect copyright.PENANAwcMTvogzz4
"Thank you..." replied the child.997Please respect copyright.PENANAvt9NHjCHaE
At that moment, the crystal blue separated and the light of the man took over the surroundings.997Please respect copyright.PENANAgtBQbptaIt
The man of sorrow and pain opened his eyes and stood up.997Please respect copyright.PENANAtN4rHC1gN0
The sea flowed gently and the sky was colored with a sunset of brilliance, with stars that fell gently into the sea.997Please respect copyright.PENANAWULt6ofBxz
The man smiled a smile that he had never before.997Please respect copyright.PENANA0zRjAsqnWG
He smiled peacefully.997Please respect copyright.PENANAuXzu7iJgq6
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. 997Please respect copyright.PENANAOCMlq6IEpj
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.997Please respect copyright.PENANAwwMbucvSBh