(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.) 703Please respect copyright.PENANAfMLQkhP35I
Once upon a child with a mind like a tempest, was a dream that lay dormant inside the child's soul.703Please respect copyright.PENANALOrPhW7ZRd
Now, the child knew of the dream's existence, but didn't care for it.703Please respect copyright.PENANAPJzTNxiE34
You see, the child had a problem that many in this life counted by days would never face.703Please respect copyright.PENANATnjzABezh0
The child did not exist.703Please respect copyright.PENANAiIDtlxM1ak
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.703Please respect copyright.PENANApJ0lEYG0zL
When the child was brought to the world of the normal humans, no one understood him.703Please respect copyright.PENANAaY23urx6Bh
No one heard him. No blood was related to his.703Please respect copyright.PENANAV2kgLiVEph
To all he met, he was considered nonexistent not only because of his difference in personality, but also in appearance.703Please respect copyright.PENANAZZm4Ofu9lG
The child wasn't like all children with their rosy cheeks and their soft hands.703Please respect copyright.PENANAdh7NxMIKeT
He was a child that was scrawny, with a face of hopelessness and sorrow.703Please respect copyright.PENANAnaiigj8VuF
He had unkempt hair and bruises on his face.703Please respect copyright.PENANAjhrLNRnOB4
Because of this, he was abused and rejected by other humans.703Please respect copyright.PENANAlbe3xyzgEI
And because of this, his dream slept coldly inside his soul.703Please respect copyright.PENANAmOcg7nhJZ4
Until one day...703Please respect copyright.PENANA1Gzs0zPyCH
A man of sorrow and pain stood alone at the edge of his life.703Please respect copyright.PENANAM3RVjQ4lt7
A roaring storm raged around him.703Please respect copyright.PENANA39HiJ33fJb
Thunder drummed loudly and lightning shot all around.703Please respect copyright.PENANAsa2Ge3hJ6q
The sky was a dark grey with clouds that were spun by the unsettling winds.703Please respect copyright.PENANAf9Z641v60K
However, the man did not feel the setting around him.703Please respect copyright.PENANAZH7cfpCAR6
He did not feel wonder or worry. Peace nor fight.703Please respect copyright.PENANAiTkgSmg0q9
He only felt emptiness and lamentation.703Please respect copyright.PENANAKT8PfVZOXg
The man had questioned for so long what the purpose of his life was ever since he was a child that never existed.703Please respect copyright.PENANA1a6ZiOD5Up
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.703Please respect copyright.PENANAMikW9UO8Ml
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.703Please respect copyright.PENANA0Y5qnt8O2u
The child opened his eyes.703Please respect copyright.PENANAtOyJeOZANh
Crystal blue water surrounded him and bright light shone in front of him.703Please respect copyright.PENANAshLiXW8GX6
A figure of a man walked towards him.703Please respect copyright.PENANAWSI3PtxXmu
The figure was beyond extravagant, with robes of white and a face that shone brighter than the sun itself. 703Please respect copyright.PENANATFvhvKSLPX
He held his nail-pierced hands out wide and walked to the child.703Please respect copyright.PENANAsBarF8k07N
"Do not be afraid, my child." began the man, whose voice was both powerful and peaceful, "For I am with you."703Please respect copyright.PENANAePeINEXvJn
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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.703Please respect copyright.PENANAL5cK4si4rs
Why would any man speak to him? What was the man's intentions behind his words?703Please respect copyright.PENANAV0ApQlH17T
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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.703Please respect copyright.PENANAgzVPvut1YA
"But how can I do so if I am all alone?" asked the child in a weak and silent voice.703Please respect copyright.PENANAL4Fupw3P5b
"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."703Please respect copyright.PENANA4u53HvYC94
"But I have no purpose. I don't exist. Why would anyone stand beside me?" asked the child.703Please respect copyright.PENANA5PiAe11EJZ
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The man smiled and knelt down so that he could be at the same height of the child.703Please respect copyright.PENANAUXcuzZCslZ
"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.703Please respect copyright.PENANAzjDFogaNiR
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.703Please respect copyright.PENANADpOkG3uup2
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."703Please respect copyright.PENANA8H4ePjAAxf
"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. 703Please respect copyright.PENANAPQ0oYE88D6
"Who...are you?" whispered the boy.703Please respect copyright.PENANACPSUrgwMiA
"I Am." replied the man, wiping away the timid child's tears.703Please respect copyright.PENANAorMH8TDFWy
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The child looked at the man. His face was brighter and his hand were held out wide.703Please respect copyright.PENANA1uGw9lVWul
The boy noticed scars from nails on the man's wrists.703Please respect copyright.PENANAcgfnFiKkJv
At that moment, the boy knew who he spoke to and he began to cry tears of relief.703Please respect copyright.PENANA8ilEz5Uj2B
The boy fell into the man's arms and the man held the child assuredly.703Please respect copyright.PENANA6wleT00qOI
"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."703Please respect copyright.PENANAh1oTG4LX4F
"Thank you..." replied the child.703Please respect copyright.PENANAX7L2yQXZMT
At that moment, the crystal blue separated and the light of the man took over the surroundings.703Please respect copyright.PENANAW3OKHUmQkq
The man of sorrow and pain opened his eyes and stood up.703Please respect copyright.PENANARu1uDVqDzk
The sea flowed gently and the sky was colored with a sunset of brilliance, with stars that fell gently into the sea.703Please respect copyright.PENANA0bNmFugSAo
The man smiled a smile that he had never before.703Please respect copyright.PENANAKUsyvMsTIm
He smiled peacefully.703Please respect copyright.PENANAxGmMZw7BSE
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. 703Please respect copyright.PENANAkBQ4exVEiG
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.703Please respect copyright.PENANAJ5yBigPu7R