(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.) 1075Please respect copyright.PENANA3yp9XISGAL
Once upon a child with a mind like a tempest, was a dream that lay dormant inside the child's soul.1075Please respect copyright.PENANALtA3Sx3482
Now, the child knew of the dream's existence, but didn't care for it.1075Please respect copyright.PENANAg6J2mQ6MI7
You see, the child had a problem that many in this life counted by days would never face.1075Please respect copyright.PENANAIyNPBxV3nO
The child did not exist.1075Please respect copyright.PENANAX3y9QihtNu
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.1075Please respect copyright.PENANAAABtd9EFzb
When the child was brought to the world of the normal humans, no one understood him.1075Please respect copyright.PENANAexBliFLNp3
No one heard him. No blood was related to his.1075Please respect copyright.PENANAKyEsL5KD76
To all he met, he was considered nonexistent not only because of his difference in personality, but also in appearance.1075Please respect copyright.PENANAmHKlAK8IBg
The child wasn't like all children with their rosy cheeks and their soft hands.1075Please respect copyright.PENANA9nQxWvip40
He was a child that was scrawny, with a face of hopelessness and sorrow.1075Please respect copyright.PENANAdo3RiVwN6i
He had unkempt hair and bruises on his face.1075Please respect copyright.PENANAIvR9laOw5t
Because of this, he was abused and rejected by other humans.1075Please respect copyright.PENANA24pjFCm6VU
And because of this, his dream slept coldly inside his soul.1075Please respect copyright.PENANA9LbpIXxQQc
Until one day...1075Please respect copyright.PENANArni5Fg88ht
A man of sorrow and pain stood alone at the edge of his life.1075Please respect copyright.PENANAFR2IsTg31b
A roaring storm raged around him.1075Please respect copyright.PENANAESWHaswIqB
Thunder drummed loudly and lightning shot all around.1075Please respect copyright.PENANAdLVRgvfwGa
The sky was a dark grey with clouds that were spun by the unsettling winds.1075Please respect copyright.PENANA6weGGx0brU
However, the man did not feel the setting around him.1075Please respect copyright.PENANA0y3WfXk0dr
He did not feel wonder or worry. Peace nor fight.1075Please respect copyright.PENANA78RMoLjiHl
He only felt emptiness and lamentation.1075Please respect copyright.PENANACFRm6ACfli
The man had questioned for so long what the purpose of his life was ever since he was a child that never existed.1075Please respect copyright.PENANAv5qBybNKZQ
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.1075Please respect copyright.PENANADmjq47qbjB
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.1075Please respect copyright.PENANA9WbkyR3PHK
The child opened his eyes.1075Please respect copyright.PENANAHShvJ2zbYb
Crystal blue water surrounded him and bright light shone in front of him.1075Please respect copyright.PENANAFu6eBftaYK
A figure of a man walked towards him.1075Please respect copyright.PENANAvzg3rEMfjp
The figure was beyond extravagant, with robes of white and a face that shone brighter than the sun itself. 1075Please respect copyright.PENANAYj3Ty6T9Hx
He held his nail-pierced hands out wide and walked to the child.1075Please respect copyright.PENANA83Il14Niij
"Do not be afraid, my child." began the man, whose voice was both powerful and peaceful, "For I am with you."1075Please respect copyright.PENANACTPF1c1yAQ
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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.1075Please respect copyright.PENANA2uA59kb3zp
Why would any man speak to him? What was the man's intentions behind his words?1075Please respect copyright.PENANAuu0dxZf2op
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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.1075Please respect copyright.PENANACojt8H741Y
"But how can I do so if I am all alone?" asked the child in a weak and silent voice.1075Please respect copyright.PENANA5XqLygePqf
"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."1075Please respect copyright.PENANAvelo8Bp0AV
"But I have no purpose. I don't exist. Why would anyone stand beside me?" asked the child.1075Please respect copyright.PENANAMgGv2INjX9
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The man smiled and knelt down so that he could be at the same height of the child.1075Please respect copyright.PENANAXprokW345o
"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.1075Please respect copyright.PENANAk63mFNVlyx
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.1075Please respect copyright.PENANA7hRDAjEm6v
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."1075Please respect copyright.PENANACi7bdTpJTw
"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. 1075Please respect copyright.PENANARQ8yhuIiDa
"Who...are you?" whispered the boy.1075Please respect copyright.PENANAtfXkOJKoGU
"I Am." replied the man, wiping away the timid child's tears.1075Please respect copyright.PENANAXOuxVcxJPq
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The child looked at the man. His face was brighter and his hand were held out wide.1075Please respect copyright.PENANAsJGYjhuQdX
The boy noticed scars from nails on the man's wrists.1075Please respect copyright.PENANA5L11DRHVa0
At that moment, the boy knew who he spoke to and he began to cry tears of relief.1075Please respect copyright.PENANAoRGp4q1f7e
The boy fell into the man's arms and the man held the child assuredly.1075Please respect copyright.PENANAzmkOj1liqI
"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."1075Please respect copyright.PENANAH5F8cMEExu
"Thank you..." replied the child.1075Please respect copyright.PENANA5ILXHzD9kY
At that moment, the crystal blue separated and the light of the man took over the surroundings.1075Please respect copyright.PENANAT4WzISZ5jz
The man of sorrow and pain opened his eyes and stood up.1075Please respect copyright.PENANAUzUKBlPvMU
The sea flowed gently and the sky was colored with a sunset of brilliance, with stars that fell gently into the sea.1075Please respect copyright.PENANASq49gt9TO2
The man smiled a smile that he had never before.1075Please respect copyright.PENANAVIHgbnRF5y
He smiled peacefully.1075Please respect copyright.PENANALGWGt7t8gt
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. 1075Please respect copyright.PENANAgEwT38x5Hk
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.1075Please respect copyright.PENANA7TEVW5feEP