(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.) 1072Please respect copyright.PENANAwLIayt7AfS
Once upon a child with a mind like a tempest, was a dream that lay dormant inside the child's soul.1072Please respect copyright.PENANA1E7XvpkhNm
Now, the child knew of the dream's existence, but didn't care for it.1072Please respect copyright.PENANAn9f53LanwW
You see, the child had a problem that many in this life counted by days would never face.1072Please respect copyright.PENANAGUh9mFRgM7
The child did not exist.1072Please respect copyright.PENANAvySESvgs1z
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.1072Please respect copyright.PENANAHMzWfygWE6
When the child was brought to the world of the normal humans, no one understood him.1072Please respect copyright.PENANAyoFUtP4Rmk
No one heard him. No blood was related to his.1072Please respect copyright.PENANASKR8yHAL8z
To all he met, he was considered nonexistent not only because of his difference in personality, but also in appearance.1072Please respect copyright.PENANAIi6Fd2m6I3
The child wasn't like all children with their rosy cheeks and their soft hands.1072Please respect copyright.PENANAEUxXOaHVag
He was a child that was scrawny, with a face of hopelessness and sorrow.1072Please respect copyright.PENANAY6YXEQCvxk
He had unkempt hair and bruises on his face.1072Please respect copyright.PENANA4bbL5b3xPF
Because of this, he was abused and rejected by other humans.1072Please respect copyright.PENANAGV98U1Qjd9
And because of this, his dream slept coldly inside his soul.1072Please respect copyright.PENANAjdpMnmoEv7
Until one day...1072Please respect copyright.PENANAUBlka6UwDs
A man of sorrow and pain stood alone at the edge of his life.1072Please respect copyright.PENANACXYfWsB7uM
A roaring storm raged around him.1072Please respect copyright.PENANA4LIfZVNl7C
Thunder drummed loudly and lightning shot all around.1072Please respect copyright.PENANAjjlKrCEDNf
The sky was a dark grey with clouds that were spun by the unsettling winds.1072Please respect copyright.PENANAjNr8fkFo7y
However, the man did not feel the setting around him.1072Please respect copyright.PENANAFrDNgOurKn
He did not feel wonder or worry. Peace nor fight.1072Please respect copyright.PENANA3Il9TZSvRt
He only felt emptiness and lamentation.1072Please respect copyright.PENANAbO9d2IF0MH
The man had questioned for so long what the purpose of his life was ever since he was a child that never existed.1072Please respect copyright.PENANABXBjqg1x9D
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.1072Please respect copyright.PENANABh0TCzr0bf
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.1072Please respect copyright.PENANAz6w3DkWY7n
The child opened his eyes.1072Please respect copyright.PENANAMWcsjw28FM
Crystal blue water surrounded him and bright light shone in front of him.1072Please respect copyright.PENANAJMjwsX5zhA
A figure of a man walked towards him.1072Please respect copyright.PENANA7T7lUjk2mu
The figure was beyond extravagant, with robes of white and a face that shone brighter than the sun itself. 1072Please respect copyright.PENANAEY0trSaXlP
He held his nail-pierced hands out wide and walked to the child.1072Please respect copyright.PENANACAuJ0iL91r
"Do not be afraid, my child." began the man, whose voice was both powerful and peaceful, "For I am with you."1072Please respect copyright.PENANAl0ufRML2gA
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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.1072Please respect copyright.PENANACIUkkCLJaQ
Why would any man speak to him? What was the man's intentions behind his words?1072Please respect copyright.PENANAkGpbLxTW9V
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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.1072Please respect copyright.PENANAfNybNtjpju
"But how can I do so if I am all alone?" asked the child in a weak and silent voice.1072Please respect copyright.PENANAjdMsRNSkhf
"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."1072Please respect copyright.PENANAJd0TnKmyDi
"But I have no purpose. I don't exist. Why would anyone stand beside me?" asked the child.1072Please respect copyright.PENANAQe9O7WpXgn
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The man smiled and knelt down so that he could be at the same height of the child.1072Please respect copyright.PENANAsDdNxv9QPF
"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.1072Please respect copyright.PENANA3cNzKSCP6R
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.1072Please respect copyright.PENANA2JHF9l5okW
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."1072Please respect copyright.PENANAzcucEktF6l
"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. 1072Please respect copyright.PENANAmkAm2T5N57
"Who...are you?" whispered the boy.1072Please respect copyright.PENANAtM0Ux5CAoP
"I Am." replied the man, wiping away the timid child's tears.1072Please respect copyright.PENANApX3TgXsCHh
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The child looked at the man. His face was brighter and his hand were held out wide.1072Please respect copyright.PENANAtRGS4YIZBK
The boy noticed scars from nails on the man's wrists.1072Please respect copyright.PENANArxUJE72zTA
At that moment, the boy knew who he spoke to and he began to cry tears of relief.1072Please respect copyright.PENANApp8oyKjV5S
The boy fell into the man's arms and the man held the child assuredly.1072Please respect copyright.PENANAYxvMly4uFK
"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."1072Please respect copyright.PENANArrS69xmVB0
"Thank you..." replied the child.1072Please respect copyright.PENANAJgVDQuPaD1
At that moment, the crystal blue separated and the light of the man took over the surroundings.1072Please respect copyright.PENANAC6le8uJIrT
The man of sorrow and pain opened his eyes and stood up.1072Please respect copyright.PENANAJwuifcDIc2
The sea flowed gently and the sky was colored with a sunset of brilliance, with stars that fell gently into the sea.1072Please respect copyright.PENANAS61MyHTYHK
The man smiled a smile that he had never before.1072Please respect copyright.PENANAu88EGuwJlV
He smiled peacefully.1072Please respect copyright.PENANAGP1a0PfAmq
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. 1072Please respect copyright.PENANAZo2Kw1y22g
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.1072Please respect copyright.PENANAXXUAJcbC8N