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.

Burned for a Better God

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A tall quill, burnt at the tip, stands upright in a pile of ash. A faint ember glows at the charred top as thin smoke rises into a dark brown background. The scene suggests theological conflict and the endurance of thought under fire.
Image: AI-generated using DALL·E and modified by the author; Poetry by Tristan Robert Lange, Human-authored.

Jesus taught love
Against rigid theology—
Crucified for defying
Omnibus oracles over
Biblical fidelity to the
Universal grace and
Sovereign love of God.

Against universalism—yet,
Rebuffed as Pelagian pus.
Marginalized by mercurial
Ignorance on cubed ice—
Narcisissus necrosis—
Illicit becomes love.
Unless codified in tulips,
Salvation is sacrilege.

Poet’s Note:
A Scorched Sunday poem. A part of my Scorched Strays series, an acrostic reflecting Jacobus Arminius, condemned for insisting that God’s grace was wider than the doctrines meant to contain it. A portrait of a theological life and reputation burned for believing God was better than the system allowed.

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