[ WP ] The human body fights tooth and nail to stay alive , because it knows something we dont about the other side . And today you find out what that is .

Our birth, the moment that we are delivered into this world occurs only once, yet there are so few who can recall this miracle of being. As we age, the memories of our youth fall into disarray before fading completely away. The years, our experiences, the joys, the hopes, the sorrow, are stolen from us as our hearts beat like muffled drums marching to the grave. 
 
 Rhythmic beeping fills the room, slow and steady, keeping track of each heart beat. My time has long since past, I've made peace with this world and those in it, to have lived this long is more than I could have hoped for. Staring at the ceiling, I struggle to remember the years that have passed me by. Voices call to me from afar, muffled and distorted as memories play in my head, an indistinguishable film. I wish I were there again, given another chance to change the outcome, to experience the slopes of life once more. 
 
 “ Life may be full of misery and woe ” I thought to myself, “ but what a misfortune that we must let go. ” 
 
 I closed my eyes for the final time and escaped into the night. Twilight welcoming me with open arms, my spirit leaped at the thought of another chapter. Ascending into the heavens, I reached out for the stars only to fall short. Plummeting into the darkness below, I cried out for someone to save me. Shadow surrounded me as I fell into a pool of nothing. 
 
 “ Born with nothing, to nothing I return. ” I seemed to hear myself say. 
 
 In the pool of pitch, I saw a reflection of my younger self, it was pulling me under. I struggled and fought as it grasped my legs and tugged. 
 
 “ What are you doing?! Stop! Stop! You'll drown me! ” I screamed, wallowing about. 
 
 A thin line reached from ear to ear as it climbed from the ooze using my body as a ladder. His soulless gaze matched mine, grasping at my shoulders and tightening as I continued to writhe helplessly. It looked upwards into the darkened sky as my eyes followed instinctively, we bobbed upwards only once before submerging into the inky depths. Its mouth flew open as its eyes widened, an empty void screamingly hungrily toward me. At last I understood. From my very birth, this monstrosity had been sucking the very life from me, my memories and my health were lost to it, and it sought to finish the task. An anger bordering on hatred welled up within me as I placed my hands at its throat, firmly squeezing the stolen life from its form. It kicked wildly landing blows to my thin frame, my grip tightened and I shook violently. 
 
 An immeasurable amount of time passed as the kicking and flailing subsided, I raced for the surface as the now lifeless body rose in my wake. In time, I was able to enter my old body once more and explore eternity for a life anew. 
 
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