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.
Read. Write. Rise. Realize. 🤘💀🖤
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.
Read. Write. Rise. Realize. 🤘💀🖤
You have heard it said that
Every dog will have its day;
Some—nay!—many keep it this way.
Humanity would rather sell out,
Under pretense of wise caution—
Abandoning its moral compass.
Heaven knows, it’s overdue!
A crucifixion today.
Never underestimate the power
Over reason that fear indomitably has.
Twelve plus tweny-eight, minus one.
Zero chances to get out alive—
Resurrection aside—
Is anyone going to find themselves there?
POET’S NOTE:
An acrostic Scorched Sunday poem. Part of my Scorched Strays collection. This poem confronts the pattern of moral compromise—where fear overrides truth, and humanity chooses safety over conviction, even at the cost of what is right before them.
© 2026 Tristan Robert Lange. All rights reserved.
First published on tristanrobertlange.com, March 29, 2026.
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Popeye nipped in to do that sum. He says, Answer:39. That'll be 12+28-1.lol. What? He's too busy doing sums and no spare time to glug?! lol.
Tristan this has great meaning in the acrostic and the time of the year. Twelve the number of apostles, the tribes of Israel, months in the year and zodiac, twenty eight the number of completion and the Lamb. Thirty nine the number of completion of trial. Thirty nine lashes given to the apostle Paul. Who is going to find themselves in such? Nicely written my friend
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