(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.) 1028Please respect copyright.PENANASq7blqSkga
Once upon a child with a mind like a tempest, was a dream that lay dormant inside the child's soul.1028Please respect copyright.PENANAA2aRVT5M8S
Now, the child knew of the dream's existence, but didn't care for it.1028Please respect copyright.PENANAI3nLTg0jiY
You see, the child had a problem that many in this life counted by days would never face.1028Please respect copyright.PENANAeeH6BC0HYN
The child did not exist.1028Please respect copyright.PENANAE7kR7JQLoP
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.1028Please respect copyright.PENANAmEMIls552e
When the child was brought to the world of the normal humans, no one understood him.1028Please respect copyright.PENANAwx5S9I2F0v
No one heard him. No blood was related to his.1028Please respect copyright.PENANA8wnsMVkEk4
To all he met, he was considered nonexistent not only because of his difference in personality, but also in appearance.1028Please respect copyright.PENANAvTOoAklnm7
The child wasn't like all children with their rosy cheeks and their soft hands.1028Please respect copyright.PENANAkHUcZYsmVY
He was a child that was scrawny, with a face of hopelessness and sorrow.1028Please respect copyright.PENANAv7BQ8wT9gn
He had unkempt hair and bruises on his face.1028Please respect copyright.PENANAIQAKrSpJxB
Because of this, he was abused and rejected by other humans.1028Please respect copyright.PENANANbszLWLm6r
And because of this, his dream slept coldly inside his soul.1028Please respect copyright.PENANAGOg2knDJSU
Until one day...1028Please respect copyright.PENANAbjlwMyKiSG
A man of sorrow and pain stood alone at the edge of his life.1028Please respect copyright.PENANA8PI19YOnvP
A roaring storm raged around him.1028Please respect copyright.PENANAhYIAYZGa8C
Thunder drummed loudly and lightning shot all around.1028Please respect copyright.PENANAzbr4myvQWj
The sky was a dark grey with clouds that were spun by the unsettling winds.1028Please respect copyright.PENANAbRG0j1lWkz
However, the man did not feel the setting around him.1028Please respect copyright.PENANAExHECA9OOn
He did not feel wonder or worry. Peace nor fight.1028Please respect copyright.PENANAEPDJQt2SQ3
He only felt emptiness and lamentation.1028Please respect copyright.PENANAtkzoTjtay4
The man had questioned for so long what the purpose of his life was ever since he was a child that never existed.1028Please respect copyright.PENANACJc1ky1t1U
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.1028Please respect copyright.PENANA3yOxsYUalT
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.1028Please respect copyright.PENANAa12xFMuE8X
The child opened his eyes.1028Please respect copyright.PENANAiNZPBtM0nr
Crystal blue water surrounded him and bright light shone in front of him.1028Please respect copyright.PENANAOmNcpTydkf
A figure of a man walked towards him.1028Please respect copyright.PENANAkVG0VXgRYP
The figure was beyond extravagant, with robes of white and a face that shone brighter than the sun itself. 1028Please respect copyright.PENANA9RjjLrqv33
He held his nail-pierced hands out wide and walked to the child.1028Please respect copyright.PENANAxUZxTAwoLF
"Do not be afraid, my child." began the man, whose voice was both powerful and peaceful, "For I am with you."1028Please respect copyright.PENANASAA5GOaiwk
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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.1028Please respect copyright.PENANAbY3GlreC0G
Why would any man speak to him? What was the man's intentions behind his words?1028Please respect copyright.PENANA5wc8vq737u
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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.1028Please respect copyright.PENANAmepOqyDFlZ
"But how can I do so if I am all alone?" asked the child in a weak and silent voice.1028Please respect copyright.PENANAjh8GHdbr2f
"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."1028Please respect copyright.PENANAGHrGBePhCn
"But I have no purpose. I don't exist. Why would anyone stand beside me?" asked the child.1028Please respect copyright.PENANA19luxgKjPk
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The man smiled and knelt down so that he could be at the same height of the child.1028Please respect copyright.PENANANPJyq0E0gi
"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.1028Please respect copyright.PENANADKoa6xXiCX
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.1028Please respect copyright.PENANAYMU3UhMQi9
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."1028Please respect copyright.PENANAxjmeSYXbGm
"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. 1028Please respect copyright.PENANAsNyHo0iFi6
"Who...are you?" whispered the boy.1028Please respect copyright.PENANAWBG9TtonH7
"I Am." replied the man, wiping away the timid child's tears.1028Please respect copyright.PENANAdIhBq6bNuC
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The child looked at the man. His face was brighter and his hand were held out wide.1028Please respect copyright.PENANAoq0i8HhXX2
The boy noticed scars from nails on the man's wrists.1028Please respect copyright.PENANAMDgRBNEdTo
At that moment, the boy knew who he spoke to and he began to cry tears of relief.1028Please respect copyright.PENANAUDYFlHOLXA
The boy fell into the man's arms and the man held the child assuredly.1028Please respect copyright.PENANAZHYgMopcM8
"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."1028Please respect copyright.PENANAwozgxEhWs6
"Thank you..." replied the child.1028Please respect copyright.PENANAHX9CMLz7Zd
At that moment, the crystal blue separated and the light of the man took over the surroundings.1028Please respect copyright.PENANAjFGqFUPP2r
The man of sorrow and pain opened his eyes and stood up.1028Please respect copyright.PENANALMgJtbBhlv
The sea flowed gently and the sky was colored with a sunset of brilliance, with stars that fell gently into the sea.1028Please respect copyright.PENANAaP8ocidqiP
The man smiled a smile that he had never before.1028Please respect copyright.PENANAaDEkhHMJA3
He smiled peacefully.1028Please respect copyright.PENANAvRgn5Kzapx
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. 1028Please respect copyright.PENANACBRTvKF0Tp
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.1028Please respect copyright.PENANAcczx3HDxKH