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.

The Third Baptism

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Dark cold river water spirals around a submerged wooden cross and snapped rope beneath distorted church-window reflections. Logos for Tittu Poetry and tristanrobertlange.com appear at the bottom. The image visually accompanies the poem “The Third Baptism” by Tristan Robert Lange.
Image: AI-generated using Adobe Firefly and modified by the author; Poetry: written by Tristan Robert Lange, Human-authored.

Force is never freedom in Christ,
Even if it is the purpose of “winning souls”.
Let me take a dip in the Limmat River—
I’d rather be baptized in love than
Xenogenetic founts of forgery.

POET’S NOTE:
An acrostic Scorched Sunday poem. Part of my Scorched Strays collection. This piece confronts coercive faith, forced conformity, and the violence that emerges when love is replaced by institutional certainty. Some baptisms bless…others drown.

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