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.

bitter herbs

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why is it
that you
could not
show love
to your

daughter?

why is it
that you
could only
feed bitter
herbs to

the family?

why is it
that even
when dying
you couldn’t
find humility
in your soul
to see

her—

to see her
love
beside you
as death ate
your rotting corpse—

even as
you showed
your love
to those
who only
sought out
entitlement?

and now,
long after
you’ve died—
far since

removed

from your
pains and
your fears

do you look
down from

heaven and

see the one
you shunned—

is it a monster,
or the daughter
you could’ve had

if you loved her
the way she loved

me.

POET’S NOTE:
Part of the Truth, Applied collection.

© 2026 Tristan Robert Lange. All rights reserved.

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Image: AI-generated using DALL-E and modified by the author; Poetry: written by Tristan Robert Lange, Human-authored.

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Hi, I’m Tristan Robert Lange — a poet who writes at the crossroads of existentialism, emotional depth, societal critique, and the gothic. My work often journeys into the human psyche, weaving dark and atmospheric imagery with profound emotional insight. I draw inspiration from literary voices such as Edgar Allan Poe, Jim Morrison, Charles Baudelaire, Sylvia Plath, Mary Shelley and Bram Stoker, among others. Their influence fuels my pursuit of vivid imagery and unflinching exploration of the macabre, the mysterious, and the sacred-in-subtext. My poetry is both confessional and visionary, haunted and haloed, carrying the weight of suffering but always straining toward transcendence.

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