light. a scene

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My heart is pounding. My vision, blurry. Nothing makes sense anymore, And time is but a dream. What is this feeling? It's fear. Silently choking me until I can no longer fight it, Until I must succumb. No! I don't want to feel this way. I cry out, but nobody hears my pleas. For the words evaporate as soon as they leave my lips. Help me. Somebody...help me. All around me I see darkness. Never ending. I feel as though I have hit solid ground, but I feel as though I am still falling. My throat closes up, like I'm drowning. A light. In front of me, or maybe behind me, I don't know. But it's there. I swim (or do I run?) to the light. As fast as I can. The ache in my chest lessens and I feel as though I can breathe again. I keep going. Faster. Faster. The light, I need it. I crave it. I fills me. Restores me. Faster. I must go faster. Then suddenly, I stop. No warning. I can't go further. I stare beyond toward the light. I know it's what I need. "Please," I choke out with all my strength. "Save me!" Then the light disappears. I want to scream and cry. Why did it leave? Then I look down and realize the light never left. The light is inside of me. Breathing. I can breathe again! I myself illuminate this dark place I where I had been trapped moments before. I felt solid ground beneath my feet. Really solid. I take another breath of fresh air. And another. Yes, now I'm alive! Then, I hear a cry. It was muffled, but not silent. My eyes search the darkness for a source of the noise. A girl. Seemingly suspended in nothingness. She is stuck, but her arms are thrashing about and reaching for me. No, not me. The light inside me. I smile, and simply took some my light (I don't know how.) and gave it to her. The girl stops thrashing, and a small spark of light in her chest grows into a flame inside her soul, until she is free. She drops gracefully on the ground and smiles at me. "Thank you." She says. "It wasn't me," I say, smiling. Because I know what, no not what, who saved us both. I take her hand. "It was Jesus." John 8:12: Jesus said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life". Jesus is with you <3

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