[ WP ] '' The thing about immortality is that even if it preserves your body , it does n't stop the wearing down of your soul ... ''


 Mortality and death are divine intervention. Written in the stars, engraved in destiny irreversibly. Your spirit is an energy propelling the force of the Universe, it can not be destroyed, it can not decay. But it exists in multiple dimensions. Souls are needed, in both the dead and living realm. Usually, the vessel driven by the soul - your body- will release the soul on it's destruction, your spirit passing on where it's needed to be. But a better way to put this is - your soul is clawing its way to the other side because it has to, and you will die one way or another. The time and place are already decided for you. 
 
 But what would happen if that time never came, or that place was never visited? Or, what if your body could n't be destroyed? What if you were immortal? 
 First it was subtle. I would space out every now and then - but I thought it was just side-effects of the surgery and heavy pills I was on. I wanted to be immortal because I was dying, rapidly, but like any father I wanted to see my daughter grow up. I knew friends and colleagues who had undergone the'change'. No sickness, no pain, not anymore. Just a healthy, renewed, immortal body. It was bizarre at first, but after losing my wife, I could n't leave my daughter without parents. 
 
 A couple of months go by and I'm running everyday, playing with Eve, nurturing her hobbies and showing her the world, where I would once take strong pain killers laying in my bed, watching the Nanny brush her hair. The brief moments of dizziness, and lack of concentration were becoming more frequent. I'd spiral into these dazed states, sometimes not responding to any stimuli for four or five seconds. It started to become a nuisance, and when I asked other'immortal' friends, they claimed never to experience these things. 
 It got to the point where I was making appointments and contacting the specialists who performed my surgery. Doctors, naturally, could see physically nothing wrong with my body, but I was starting to completely lose consciousness after a few more months pass. Not only that, but I would have insane out of body experiences, sometimes during these episodes, sometimes during sleep. I'd watch Eve playing in the garden by the pool, the Nanny folding clothes in the house, cars driving past outside. Then I'd go up, until I'm surrounded in pure white light. 
 
 Then I'd see my wife. Standing, a few paces from me, in her wedding dress. I'd cry out, but as I reach for her, I'm pulled back. I never used to see my wife after she left, or even feel her - I was about as far from a spiritual person as you could imagine. I did n't believe in ghosts or the afterlife, or God, any gods, for that matter. I would soon. 
 
 I figured the episodes were affecting my senses - I would hear things, see things, feel things where they were n't there. My out of body experiences were longer, and more vivid. I started to see family members and friends I'd lost. My Father, my childhood pet. I wanted to go to them so badly! I would reach out, run, crawl and drag myself towards them. They'd stare at me, expressionless, and no matter how desperately I tried, I'd feel my living, immortal body draw me back into the Earth. It was like an elastic band being stretched thinner and thinner each time. 
 These events were broadening the gap each time. I could hardly stay conscious anymore, I no longer knew the day or time. I'd have vague memories, one day, of the nanny, screaming and crying hysterically, she was holding a pair of tiny, pink shoes. A phone dialling. Sirens. And I was out again. 
 
 Something felt different this time as I drifted upwards. The light was warm as it surrounded me, and I can feel the tension of the elastic stronger than ever. I see my wife again, she's smiling at me this time, not expressionless or motionless, but smiling. The light is blinding, my ears ringing. And then I see her. 
 Eve. The elastic snaps. 
 
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 Hi all, I'm new to this subreddit and reddit in general, I want to get into writing so I'm feeling very amateur at this point! Thanks for reading
