Truth, Applied is a collection of poems that refuse abstraction when it obscures what holds.
These pieces move beyond observation into assertion—naming distortion, confronting false equivalence, and testing what remains when power, perception, and narrative are stripped away.
This is not poetry that lingers in uncertainty.
This is poetry that lands.
The Collection
This collection continues to grow—new poems are added as they are written.
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Holy State
A tightly wound poem about emotional exhaustion, institutional pressure, and the moment compliance finally breaks. Holy State confronts the sanctification of stress, resentment, and imposed obligation with blunt clarity and exhausted defiance.
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Welcome to The World™
A child goes to sleep…an adult wakes up. A satirical descent into the absurdity of overnight adulthood, moral contradiction, and a world eager to consume innocence the moment it becomes useful.
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They Stopped Asking
A poem by Tristan Robert Lange about what happens when concern fades into silence… and the people who once asked about your soul stop asking altogether.
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misfit
Some molds don’t shape you—they break you. Misfit explores the pressure to conform and the quiet defiance of refusing to shrink yourself just to belong.
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Screams in the Lucid Night
A haunting meditation on control, conformity, and resistance. This poem explores the tension between imposed order and inner defiance, where identity refuses to yield. Set in a gothic atmosphere, it confronts the illusion of control and the enduring voice that resists being shaped by external forces.
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Witch Weaving
A short, cutting poem that stitches together truth, silence, and survival. Through rhythmic phrasing and stark imagery, Witch Weaving explores what it means to endure under pressure—where voice is controlled, perception is shaped, and sometimes survival depends on what remains unseen.
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