summary
This dark fantasy poem explores the chilling consequences of a Faustian bargain. Set in an eerie, otherworldly landscape, it follows a desperate soul who trades pieces of their future—time, identity, and sleep—for power and recognition. As the speaker ascends to their long-coveted throne, they are haunted by the irreversible cost of their choice: love lost, peace shattered, and a reflection no longer their own. Laced with gothic imagery and a creeping sense of dread, the poem unravels the slow rot beneath ambition and the echoing silence that follows a deal with the devil.