rejected, alone
agonizing
not over anonymnity
but erasure
seen but not noticed
a joke to laugh at
the levity in the room
suffering
is surpising entertainment
from a safe distance
stigmatizers
inflict stigmata
upon the flesh
of the forgotten
solitary confinement
born on the fears
of faithless frauds
the iconography bleeds
crimson cruelty
dripping down
cathedrals of callous corpses
© 2025 Tristan Robert Lange. All rights reserved.
First published on tristanrobertlange.com, January 3, 2026.
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Overlooked, banished, forgotten, erased. Damnatio memoriae the roman punishment of erasing a person's name from history. The worst punishment far worse than a death sentence it is the ultimate death sentence of obliterating one's existence. A dark and sad poem my friend.
Soren, thank you for this. You named the sadness without softening it and gave language to the kind of punishment the poem is circling. I appreciate your time and insight my friend!🩸🕯️🖤🙏
My pleasure Tristan
Well written, your poem revolves around the themes of isolation, suffering, and societal indifference. You highlight the experience of individuals who are marginalized and rendered invisible by society. Yet the poet delves into the emotional agony of rejection, stigma, and the dehumanizing effects of anonymity and erasure. The poem paints a vivid picture of how society views suffering as a form of entertainment, while simultaneously inflicting pain and neglect upon those who are already suffering.
Friendship, thank you. I really appreciate how carefully and clearly you entered this piece. Your reading names its weight without flinching, and that means a great deal to me. 🩸🕯️🖤🙏
Good write St Francis, erm, Tristan. Someone has stigmata, not meaning physical wounds in this case, but a stigma of....... we can't finish that, but we knows him / them! lol.
Now Soren's gonna blot me out of his book! lol.
🤣 Why thank you…and yes, now that you mention it, that someone’s got a sticky stigmata! 🤣
I'm sticking with Friendship you just can't beat that .. or indeed her, she always gets it write .. I shall go check out that anthology my friend .. Neville 🐈⬛🐈⬛🐦⬛🖤👍
Why thank you, dearest Neville! And indeed, she always does! Without fail! Good to have such a mutual Friendship, no? (Okay. I'll admit I couldn't resist the pun 😅and...it's 💯 true too! Thanks again, my friend! 🩸🕯️🖤🙏
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