(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.) 678Please respect copyright.PENANAnAJilzcc7W
Once upon a child with a mind like a tempest, was a dream that lay dormant inside the child's soul.678Please respect copyright.PENANAMooSfkjdHG
Now, the child knew of the dream's existence, but didn't care for it.678Please respect copyright.PENANA8t6pSWIrYx
You see, the child had a problem that many in this life counted by days would never face.678Please respect copyright.PENANAe1LgnFuSfP
The child did not exist.678Please respect copyright.PENANA3nTTdno07F
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.678Please respect copyright.PENANAnEuAmNxy2G
When the child was brought to the world of the normal humans, no one understood him.678Please respect copyright.PENANAhmsgSH1dWE
No one heard him. No blood was related to his.678Please respect copyright.PENANADNIeNnQtVx
To all he met, he was considered nonexistent not only because of his difference in personality, but also in appearance.678Please respect copyright.PENANABevMhCEniq
The child wasn't like all children with their rosy cheeks and their soft hands.678Please respect copyright.PENANAbhZTa49z9L
He was a child that was scrawny, with a face of hopelessness and sorrow.678Please respect copyright.PENANANsMySxFu8x
He had unkempt hair and bruises on his face.678Please respect copyright.PENANAWd4tp8lmaw
Because of this, he was abused and rejected by other humans.678Please respect copyright.PENANAiv1voFbVOk
And because of this, his dream slept coldly inside his soul.678Please respect copyright.PENANAlvnrq9A2rj
Until one day...678Please respect copyright.PENANABS5nB5IWyl
A man of sorrow and pain stood alone at the edge of his life.678Please respect copyright.PENANAgwYuE1c4m3
A roaring storm raged around him.678Please respect copyright.PENANA4VyujDsZbf
Thunder drummed loudly and lightning shot all around.678Please respect copyright.PENANAt7vQlTGYrn
The sky was a dark grey with clouds that were spun by the unsettling winds.678Please respect copyright.PENANAoN1SK6EzBi
However, the man did not feel the setting around him.678Please respect copyright.PENANAUcMaaw5RGL
He did not feel wonder or worry. Peace nor fight.678Please respect copyright.PENANAQSXa6mCotI
He only felt emptiness and lamentation.678Please respect copyright.PENANAn1dCZRGP9A
The man had questioned for so long what the purpose of his life was ever since he was a child that never existed.678Please respect copyright.PENANARbuoWCJyCD
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.678Please respect copyright.PENANAfKA6KVVIR6
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.678Please respect copyright.PENANAv635WOmEmx
The child opened his eyes.678Please respect copyright.PENANA3JtSWzwclR
Crystal blue water surrounded him and bright light shone in front of him.678Please respect copyright.PENANAQT0UotQdy4
A figure of a man walked towards him.678Please respect copyright.PENANAYSUSodr1ql
The figure was beyond extravagant, with robes of white and a face that shone brighter than the sun itself. 678Please respect copyright.PENANAaUvIEZVdEs
He held his nail-pierced hands out wide and walked to the child.678Please respect copyright.PENANA85pQzL5WBZ
"Do not be afraid, my child." began the man, whose voice was both powerful and peaceful, "For I am with you."678Please respect copyright.PENANA6mHCoTMw8c
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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.678Please respect copyright.PENANAISvpD7MnZJ
Why would any man speak to him? What was the man's intentions behind his words?678Please respect copyright.PENANAmFmvuCl4iW
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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.678Please respect copyright.PENANAtOp0mWIVCW
"But how can I do so if I am all alone?" asked the child in a weak and silent voice.678Please respect copyright.PENANA4WszVIHsDK
"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."678Please respect copyright.PENANAexUQRJTywq
"But I have no purpose. I don't exist. Why would anyone stand beside me?" asked the child.678Please respect copyright.PENANAGSNfOr4F2o
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The man smiled and knelt down so that he could be at the same height of the child.678Please respect copyright.PENANAV8rp8s6Da2
"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.678Please respect copyright.PENANArCGDUOUELE
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.678Please respect copyright.PENANACPskmoO969
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."678Please respect copyright.PENANAsDlbfvZW98
"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. 678Please respect copyright.PENANAoAqkU7MUMM
"Who...are you?" whispered the boy.678Please respect copyright.PENANAA2fQg5ZptV
"I Am." replied the man, wiping away the timid child's tears.678Please respect copyright.PENANALPzrIBIQNF
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The child looked at the man. His face was brighter and his hand were held out wide.678Please respect copyright.PENANA3XZPRHIedE
The boy noticed scars from nails on the man's wrists.678Please respect copyright.PENANAHUIO8LLjAx
At that moment, the boy knew who he spoke to and he began to cry tears of relief.678Please respect copyright.PENANAxLGPyjZ6Rs
The boy fell into the man's arms and the man held the child assuredly.678Please respect copyright.PENANAwwb7z9gdTg
"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."678Please respect copyright.PENANAFdb6LXM43b
"Thank you..." replied the child.678Please respect copyright.PENANAtORqvi6z1l
At that moment, the crystal blue separated and the light of the man took over the surroundings.678Please respect copyright.PENANA69GtJ4urIL
The man of sorrow and pain opened his eyes and stood up.678Please respect copyright.PENANAwXfEmHjp1J
The sea flowed gently and the sky was colored with a sunset of brilliance, with stars that fell gently into the sea.678Please respect copyright.PENANAMJWwKdeC5q
The man smiled a smile that he had never before.678Please respect copyright.PENANA8RxHLL87kb
He smiled peacefully.678Please respect copyright.PENANAvhoJeGxZLq
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. 678Please respect copyright.PENANA686Nq6EYsj
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.678Please respect copyright.PENANAIRod2x92Wb