Tristan Robert Lange

Poet | Mystic | Existential Voice | Human with a haunted halo

Tristan Robert Lange is a poet whose work blends existential depth, gothic imagery, and spiritual subtext. This site is home to their published poems, reflections, and creative journey.

Theotokos’s Trap

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A dim monastery study lit by a single candle. Torn, aged pages cover a stone table, smoke curling upward in still air. A cross-shaped window filters faint daylight through dust and fog, casting a somber, reflective mood.
Image: AI-generated using DALL-E and modified by the author; Poetry: written by Tristan Robert Lange, Human-authored.

Named a haunted heretic—
Effaced, entrails exploded—
Smeared across a spanless shadow.
Theotokos trapped Christ,
Offense taken to holy humanity,
Retribution was released
In spades upon questioners.
Universally despised for
Standing against savior sterility.

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Poet’s Note:
For Scorched Sunday. Part of the Scorched Strays series. An acrostic reflection on faith’s paradoxes — and the cost of questioning what we hold sacred. This poem seeks not to challenge established doctrine; rather, to display how doctrine can be damning when mystery is reduced to certainty.

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