Notice of absence from Tristan Robert Lange
I am lagging slightly in my responses to comments on my poems due to a crazy schedule. I will be catching up on them soon. I have read them all and will find the time to respond, but did not want you to think I was ghosting. In the meantime, and always:
Read, Write, Rise, Realize.
Tristan 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
I am lagging slightly in my responses to comments on my poems due to a crazy schedule. I will be catching up on them soon. I have read them all and will find the time to respond, but did not want you to think I was ghosting. In the meantime, and always:
Read, Write, Rise, Realize.
Tristan 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
Was I ever in the know?
Did my feelings ever show?
Did my feelings ever show?
Were my eyes red like blood?
Did their arid cracks flood?
Was I there biting my nails?
Was I spinning off the rails?
Did I deny I ever cried?
Did I act like you never lied?
Did I sacrifice my own heart—
No more beating—blown apart?
But that was never enough—
It became impossibly tough
To keep walking in single file,
To even care to run one mile
More
For an apparatus at its core,
A clanking cog-court, making more.
Let that tidbit settle the score—
And, no matter how you implore—
Your presence is such a goddamn bore.
Take your leave—you know the door.
© 2026 Tristan Robert Lange. All rights reserved.
First published on tristanrobertlange.com, April 23, 2026.
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A powerful poem of oneself . Your poem revolves around personal pain, existential questioning, and the realization that relationships can become burdensome. The poet questions their own feelings and actions, hinting at a deeper investigation into the nature of trust, love, and self-sacrifice. Well written, I feel the pain the image speaks for it all.
Friendship, thank you…you followed it right into that place of questioning and weight, where things stop being simple and start pressing in. I’m glad the feeling came through as real as it did. Always grateful for you, my friend. ⚙️🧠🔥🙏
Wow, heavy, hard hitting. You put it all on the table.
My take away is a relationship gone south.
Katie, I appreciate that…yeah, this one doesn’t hold much back. Glad it delivered, my friend. ⚙️🧠🔥🙏
Doh! The only apparatus Popeye has is spinach! glug!
Orchi, haha yeah…nearly forget the whole setup, just hand him the spinach and let the glug do its thing 😂. That’s about as efficient as it gets. At what? Yup, y'all know by now...tune into WCAT! Appreciate you, my friend. ⚙️🧠🔥🙏
I like this fighting talk, once you own you nobody can mess with you! Oh these are lyrics my friend. 🌹
Teddy, thank you…there’s definitely that edge of taking something back and standing in it. I always appreciate you seeing the lyricism too, my friend. Glad it hit you that way, dearest friend. ⚙️🧠🔥🙏
Existential thought and the door is always available to those that do not get along with the idea
Soren, I’m with you…there’s that underlying push of existential tension, and the door becomes more than just an exit…it’s a statement. You picked up on that layer and I’m glad you did. Thanks for that, my friend. ⚙️🧠🔥🙏
You are most welcome Tristan
How many times have you wished them out the door, giving the biggest hints their presence isn't welcome anymore, and low and behold they come back refreshed for more. Some need it in writing.
Paul, I’m with you…dropping hints, making it clear, and somehow it just resets on their end 😂. Some situations really do need it put plain and simple. Thanks for that, my friend. ⚙️🧠🔥🙏
More selectivity at the start? I admit sometimes there is no way of knowing. Forward, ever forward, Tristan.
Dave, I’m with you…there’s always that wish to catch it earlier, but sometimes you only see it by going through it. Forward really is the only direction that makes sense, really. Appreciate you, my friend. ⚙️🧠🔥🙏
Hmm
Good one
Vimal, appreciate that…glad it delivered, my father. ⚙️🧠🔥🙏
Amazing!
Shaun, I appreciate that a lot…Glad you enjoyed it, my friend. ⚙️🧠🔥🙏
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