(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.) 826Please respect copyright.PENANA71D0xAfx2C
Once upon a child with a mind like a tempest, was a dream that lay dormant inside the child's soul.826Please respect copyright.PENANAn6yFWVEFWd
Now, the child knew of the dream's existence, but didn't care for it.826Please respect copyright.PENANAdkPfwYg5vR
You see, the child had a problem that many in this life counted by days would never face.826Please respect copyright.PENANAko9rBNz1Xf
The child did not exist.826Please respect copyright.PENANAlLFEaodyEA
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.826Please respect copyright.PENANA0pX4jkNxGV
When the child was brought to the world of the normal humans, no one understood him.826Please respect copyright.PENANA63OtbZfNOq
No one heard him. No blood was related to his.826Please respect copyright.PENANANUarFjS9mX
To all he met, he was considered nonexistent not only because of his difference in personality, but also in appearance.826Please respect copyright.PENANAF8Zd0awBEj
The child wasn't like all children with their rosy cheeks and their soft hands.826Please respect copyright.PENANAnlujTYp9p6
He was a child that was scrawny, with a face of hopelessness and sorrow.826Please respect copyright.PENANAUoAL7niyHb
He had unkempt hair and bruises on his face.826Please respect copyright.PENANAjdx3As3bi0
Because of this, he was abused and rejected by other humans.826Please respect copyright.PENANAmmp7gycJqQ
And because of this, his dream slept coldly inside his soul.826Please respect copyright.PENANAOTYVuFrARc
Until one day...826Please respect copyright.PENANAD8N8riPBec
A man of sorrow and pain stood alone at the edge of his life.826Please respect copyright.PENANAETQvyuAM3w
A roaring storm raged around him.826Please respect copyright.PENANA6St5PloXLb
Thunder drummed loudly and lightning shot all around.826Please respect copyright.PENANAThT2dfZ4bU
The sky was a dark grey with clouds that were spun by the unsettling winds.826Please respect copyright.PENANANSUilHCUP5
However, the man did not feel the setting around him.826Please respect copyright.PENANAr6MSCLfBdZ
He did not feel wonder or worry. Peace nor fight.826Please respect copyright.PENANAMwGQVKi3SL
He only felt emptiness and lamentation.826Please respect copyright.PENANAe26TbqReef
The man had questioned for so long what the purpose of his life was ever since he was a child that never existed.826Please respect copyright.PENANAuWeIeB25lM
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.826Please respect copyright.PENANA7DDHp5e5Du
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.826Please respect copyright.PENANAiHsGUaSLXU
The child opened his eyes.826Please respect copyright.PENANAlr9RRjdos9
Crystal blue water surrounded him and bright light shone in front of him.826Please respect copyright.PENANAFyXfJJ9414
A figure of a man walked towards him.826Please respect copyright.PENANAQHI7lRgpQC
The figure was beyond extravagant, with robes of white and a face that shone brighter than the sun itself. 826Please respect copyright.PENANAq3HxMywlZa
He held his nail-pierced hands out wide and walked to the child.826Please respect copyright.PENANALZdAZSicYT
"Do not be afraid, my child." began the man, whose voice was both powerful and peaceful, "For I am with you."826Please respect copyright.PENANA6SaduR4no5
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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.826Please respect copyright.PENANAvjc5TY25MG
Why would any man speak to him? What was the man's intentions behind his words?826Please respect copyright.PENANAG41wICU1Mj
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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.826Please respect copyright.PENANAIbjmR2sVQB
"But how can I do so if I am all alone?" asked the child in a weak and silent voice.826Please respect copyright.PENANA4ZQ2XDUSHV
"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."826Please respect copyright.PENANAKUbczq0xQP
"But I have no purpose. I don't exist. Why would anyone stand beside me?" asked the child.826Please respect copyright.PENANA4ib16XvZIo
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The man smiled and knelt down so that he could be at the same height of the child.826Please respect copyright.PENANAqpBpMG8XLn
"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.826Please respect copyright.PENANAQcqaSwiFOb
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.826Please respect copyright.PENANAa0VV4NulhA
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."826Please respect copyright.PENANAoeCPYZKHBS
"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. 826Please respect copyright.PENANAxbXsY7JlxI
"Who...are you?" whispered the boy.826Please respect copyright.PENANA9R3Uql28iM
"I Am." replied the man, wiping away the timid child's tears.826Please respect copyright.PENANABsRXbEImQL
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The child looked at the man. His face was brighter and his hand were held out wide.826Please respect copyright.PENANAAxeC1b3k4D
The boy noticed scars from nails on the man's wrists.826Please respect copyright.PENANAAasTPwJlv1
At that moment, the boy knew who he spoke to and he began to cry tears of relief.826Please respect copyright.PENANAVZ238n4w6j
The boy fell into the man's arms and the man held the child assuredly.826Please respect copyright.PENANAZfB3fFRAW2
"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."826Please respect copyright.PENANAPRL3UV6XEh
"Thank you..." replied the child.826Please respect copyright.PENANA83cpeO4JG4
At that moment, the crystal blue separated and the light of the man took over the surroundings.826Please respect copyright.PENANAYDuElamtpE
The man of sorrow and pain opened his eyes and stood up.826Please respect copyright.PENANATHn4OaUxHM
The sea flowed gently and the sky was colored with a sunset of brilliance, with stars that fell gently into the sea.826Please respect copyright.PENANAVumIUBW6Sh
The man smiled a smile that he had never before.826Please respect copyright.PENANA7RHpjWYcUv
He smiled peacefully.826Please respect copyright.PENANArGyIJ3jO2k
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. 826Please respect copyright.PENANACZJ6b85e0l
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.826Please respect copyright.PENANAleXrJKkdfQ