(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.) 966Please respect copyright.PENANAsrqCf6F5fi
Once upon a child with a mind like a tempest, was a dream that lay dormant inside the child's soul.966Please respect copyright.PENANAQrZkHWZsOs
Now, the child knew of the dream's existence, but didn't care for it.966Please respect copyright.PENANAsIL29pkZOa
You see, the child had a problem that many in this life counted by days would never face.966Please respect copyright.PENANA8BWM37oB7I
The child did not exist.966Please respect copyright.PENANAl78QCIWBxR
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.966Please respect copyright.PENANAqoeLSVJwG9
When the child was brought to the world of the normal humans, no one understood him.966Please respect copyright.PENANAdP7fzXtp9M
No one heard him. No blood was related to his.966Please respect copyright.PENANAubmLcVV148
To all he met, he was considered nonexistent not only because of his difference in personality, but also in appearance.966Please respect copyright.PENANAai3SvWZVBW
The child wasn't like all children with their rosy cheeks and their soft hands.966Please respect copyright.PENANAbafSWTmp8A
He was a child that was scrawny, with a face of hopelessness and sorrow.966Please respect copyright.PENANAP3HczV2uRz
He had unkempt hair and bruises on his face.966Please respect copyright.PENANAIGZ5xtT7dq
Because of this, he was abused and rejected by other humans.966Please respect copyright.PENANAftc6PXcOxL
And because of this, his dream slept coldly inside his soul.966Please respect copyright.PENANA7aph2w20C8
Until one day...966Please respect copyright.PENANAsO83sc5nln
A man of sorrow and pain stood alone at the edge of his life.966Please respect copyright.PENANAakq4DCEUVx
A roaring storm raged around him.966Please respect copyright.PENANAcLlJZ4L1nM
Thunder drummed loudly and lightning shot all around.966Please respect copyright.PENANAy9GQiiOrOR
The sky was a dark grey with clouds that were spun by the unsettling winds.966Please respect copyright.PENANAIr4PKLgjIj
However, the man did not feel the setting around him.966Please respect copyright.PENANACFZJQuGLiL
He did not feel wonder or worry. Peace nor fight.966Please respect copyright.PENANAJQDj7oWSb2
He only felt emptiness and lamentation.966Please respect copyright.PENANASK2IWrBwf7
The man had questioned for so long what the purpose of his life was ever since he was a child that never existed.966Please respect copyright.PENANAIcUF5C4agM
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.966Please respect copyright.PENANABOG1sW57zX
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.966Please respect copyright.PENANAPnfSGs4FCD
The child opened his eyes.966Please respect copyright.PENANAXLWot3BGSY
Crystal blue water surrounded him and bright light shone in front of him.966Please respect copyright.PENANAavgrTIDm7O
A figure of a man walked towards him.966Please respect copyright.PENANAp1z9sW3xMP
The figure was beyond extravagant, with robes of white and a face that shone brighter than the sun itself. 966Please respect copyright.PENANAuqylEmWnYS
He held his nail-pierced hands out wide and walked to the child.966Please respect copyright.PENANAPoyfHzLAkd
"Do not be afraid, my child." began the man, whose voice was both powerful and peaceful, "For I am with you."966Please respect copyright.PENANAWaiAnTiu1E
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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.966Please respect copyright.PENANATDNs3PUbrR
Why would any man speak to him? What was the man's intentions behind his words?966Please respect copyright.PENANA4FQeVN5Ryn
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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.966Please respect copyright.PENANAnhQnm8EkMW
"But how can I do so if I am all alone?" asked the child in a weak and silent voice.966Please respect copyright.PENANAg9C3oIMNAL
"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."966Please respect copyright.PENANARsyHXstPgK
"But I have no purpose. I don't exist. Why would anyone stand beside me?" asked the child.966Please respect copyright.PENANA1d26hOwi9H
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The man smiled and knelt down so that he could be at the same height of the child.966Please respect copyright.PENANAcBSHhFejet
"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.966Please respect copyright.PENANAWraEsve6ES
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.966Please respect copyright.PENANAlRadG6GVr6
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."966Please respect copyright.PENANAjhvWlqCYvS
"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. 966Please respect copyright.PENANAio6TIr1glN
"Who...are you?" whispered the boy.966Please respect copyright.PENANAWbT61eOQaE
"I Am." replied the man, wiping away the timid child's tears.966Please respect copyright.PENANA4gO1i3CSQn
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The child looked at the man. His face was brighter and his hand were held out wide.966Please respect copyright.PENANAxtvkw4msQE
The boy noticed scars from nails on the man's wrists.966Please respect copyright.PENANAQqKOpbMN4x
At that moment, the boy knew who he spoke to and he began to cry tears of relief.966Please respect copyright.PENANAAsBq3NHrS6
The boy fell into the man's arms and the man held the child assuredly.966Please respect copyright.PENANALnhGVOi8hU
"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."966Please respect copyright.PENANA1C6Gv90ZcO
"Thank you..." replied the child.966Please respect copyright.PENANASqJf2bGI0c
At that moment, the crystal blue separated and the light of the man took over the surroundings.966Please respect copyright.PENANAXc2JvjJCjv
The man of sorrow and pain opened his eyes and stood up.966Please respect copyright.PENANA0GgH9CfFXR
The sea flowed gently and the sky was colored with a sunset of brilliance, with stars that fell gently into the sea.966Please respect copyright.PENANAe7UVjVyMnF
The man smiled a smile that he had never before.966Please respect copyright.PENANAuPocgyqbTN
He smiled peacefully.966Please respect copyright.PENANAElaCVF9ur5
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. 966Please respect copyright.PENANAzwoNzTGHlY
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.966Please respect copyright.PENANAfUAPv6MfsB