evanescence beneath the palimpsest

### DARK / LITERARY*

*EVANESCENCE BENEATH THE PALIMPSEST*

Three people. One promise. One lie.

*Thomas* wanted to protect.
So he sold the lie with a badge on his chest.
Now he lives in a ward, pretending to be crazy to avoid being guilty.

*Sebastian* wanted to not be hungry.
So he built a dream out of other people’s hope.
Now he’s a headline. A body on a roof.

*Isabella* just wanted to be free.
So she paid the price with the only thing she had.
Now forever has a rate, and she’s still paying.

_Evanescence Beneath the Palimpsest_ is a story written in ink, then erased, then written over again.
A broken sonnet. A full confession. A poem that bleeds.
This is what happens when a dream gets hungry.
It eats
the dreamer first.