There are places within us that do not resolve. Not because we lack clarity, but because clarity itself becomes part of the maze.
This collection inhabits those inner corridors where thought loops back on itself, where emotion sharpens and dulls in cycles, and where the self is both observer and subject at once. These poems trace patterns that do not break easily—anxiety that returns without warning, isolation that lingers even in presence, and identity that shifts depending on where one stands within it.
There is no clean path through this space. Only movement, repetition, and recognition. At times the maze feels navigable; at others it closes in, immediate and inescapable.
These pieces do not offer solutions or guide the reader out. They remain within the experience, sitting with tension, disorientation, and the quiet understanding that some things are not meant to be solved.
This is not a map. It is the maze itself.
The Collection 🧠🌀♾️
Where there is no way out, only through.
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effecting a cause
A fragmented poem capturing anxiety as it happens. effecting a cause explores how panic invents explanations after the fact, misplacing blame and turning ordinary moments into threats.
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(un)held
A quiet realization unfolds: not the fear of disappearing, but the truth that one was never truly held at all. (un)held by Tristan Robert Lange explores absence, identity, and the weight of being unseen.
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