says to just close my eyes and dream. In disbelief, I shut them, tears rolling down my checks. "What do you see?" I see lights. Tiny lights, millions of them. Illuminating the blackened sky. A rushing sound fills my ears, like a stream bustling down a mountain or a bus barreling down the highway... I don't know where I am. It feels like the wilderness, but I cannot say whether I am in the middle of nowhere or the center of everywhere. The atmosphere is cold, and dark, and beautifully hopeless. This is what I want, to be there, wherever there may be... but, I, I don't want it for myself, I want it for you...

"Keep dreaming", he says, "don't open your eyes. What do you see?" I see the million little lights being dimmed by one overwhelming glow... the rushing noise becomes a feeble purr and then a silent roar. I feel suspended above the chaos. There is such peace, an overwhelming joy..  but also, my heart hurts, it burns, I feel like I'm being torn apart. I see nothing, yet everything. I see the impossible come to life... I see a radiance that transcends the darkness. This is what I want, to share that, that light for all to see... but, I don't want to shine for me, I want, I want you to shine through me.. for you.

"Now is the time... open your eyes", he says."Just follow me."