At Knowing's Edge Poem, by Tristan Robert Lange, at My poetic side

Notice of absence from Tristan Robert Lange
Friends, I’m doing my best to keep up with comments. 😅 I’m still current on my own poems and first replies on others’ work, but this season has been a bit of a twister. Figured I’d drop a quick note so you don’t think I’ve vanished or gone flaky.
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there is a point where faith becomes tested,

tried by terrible, terrifying, torrential circumstances

circumventing the way things ought to be,

the way our imagination illusively illumines outcome

as some sort of sacred sermon on meaning

revealing how close we’ve kept to our own beliefs.

faith, however, is not contingent on a belief

being perfectly flawless, fixated, and frozen solid.

it is a state of being that says most simply,

mystery exists in this world and I choose to believe.

there is a point where knowledge becomes tested,

tried by new and neutralizing, sometimes negating, information

changing how we conceive things in our current world,

causing much contemplation and reconfiguration to release

into our minds the immediate metaphysical meaning

we attribute to such a sacrosanct scientific selection process.

knowledge, however separate, is not devoid of faith;

rather it is faith that drives intra-informational deductive conclusions

to be sought after so steadfastly, so scrupulously,

so stridently in pursuit of the noble notion we can learn

it is this state of believing in something of significance,

something greater than that which we already know.

POET’S NOTE:

Part of The Thinking Dark collection.

First published on tristanrobertlange.com, March 18, 2026.

Tittu

Author: Tristan Robert Lange ( Offline)
Published: March 18th, 2026 08:57
Comment from author about the poem: I’m now published in an anthology featuring authors from across the Poconos, PA. All proceeds benefit the Pocono Liars Club — a collective of authors and editors dedicated to supporting and mentoring local writers. Available in paperback and Kindle, please consider purchasing one and supporting a great cause. https://a.co/d/58uxM69
Category: Reflection
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In collections: The Thinking Dark.