Notice of absence from Tristan Robert Lange
Life is full of seasons. This is a season of transition for me, where I will be moving with my family to a new location. As such, with much logistics to consider, I am doing my best to keep up. Please know if I accidentally don't respond, it is not because I am ghosting or becoming distant. Once things settle after the move, I am sure life will return to some normalcy. In the meantime, and always:
Read 👓, Write ✍️, Rise 🌅, Realize 🤯.
Tristan 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
Life is full of seasons. This is a season of transition for me, where I will be moving with my family to a new location. As such, with much logistics to consider, I am doing my best to keep up. Please know if I accidentally don't respond, it is not because I am ghosting or becoming distant. Once things settle after the move, I am sure life will return to some normalcy. In the meantime, and always:
Read 👓, Write ✍️, Rise 🌅, Realize 🤯.
Tristan 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
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First published on tristanrobertlange.com, May 30, 2026.
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- Comment from author about the poem: Part of The Thinking Dark collection.
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Did you omit your morning coffee, as this matter proved particularly challenging to comprehend? Your writing appears to revolve around concepts of identity, conflict, and perhaps the complexities of national pride or personal struggle. The word "FLAG" could symbolize patriotism or national identity, while the other words, which seem to be jumbled or incomplete, evoke feelings of confusion and uncertainty🤔🫣🤭
🤣 Guilty as charged! Thank you, my friend. FLAG is indeed the key, but this one's a puzzle poem. There are four hidden vertical messages tucked inside the piece. Once you find them, the poem becomes something entirely different. I always appreciate your time and your willingness to enter the weird! You rock! 🖤🎭🪞🙏
He's more that to me.
My friend, I can absolutely appreciate that. Symbols may mean one thing publicly and something entirely different personally. That's part of what makes them powerful. Thank you for sharing your perspective. I truly appreciate it! 🖤🎭🪞🙏
Tristian, I found it necessary to re-read this; your writing style deserves commendation for inducing confusion on a Saturday morning.🤣🤪🤔😂👍❤️
🤣 Ooh I double down on guilty as charged, my friend! This one was intentionally a bit of a puzzle. The fact that you reread it, wrestled with it, and came back for round two means more to me than getting it immediately. Again, you rock! 🖤🎭🪞🙏
Tristan this is ingenious your arrangement of words seem to indicate top to bottom reading as in Japanese or Chinese if I am not mistaken and in that order there is defiance and rebellion against established beliefs such as God and yet the last line contradicts this saying that God is just our scapegoat. In other words take responsibility for our own doing. If read word for word left to right there is meaning in the top line "forget life angry god" What a thought there is in this. And letter for letter the word flag is formed making me think of a national god. The apostrophe had me a bit confused I have to admit. A most ingenious arrangement and composition my friend a fave
Soren, my friend, thank you. 🤣 I am especially delighted that you explored multiple ways of reading it rather than stopping at the first discovery. And you nailed it. The FLAG was the doorway, but what interested me most was seeing where readers wandered once they got inside. The apostrophe was the clue to one of the darker turns... "s'edicius" is "suicide's" written backwards. As always, your thoughtful engagement means a great deal. 🖤🎭🪞🙏
You are most welcome Tristan your work always is a brain exercise
Haha, Soren, I fear that may be an occupational hazard at this point. 🤣🖤
good write, we should learn to think for ourselves not told what to think by our rulers
Hear hear! Norman, my friend, I have always believed that asking questions is healthier than simply inheriting answers. Whether we agree or disagree with what we find, the act of thinking for ourselves matters. Thank you for reading. 🖤🎭🪞🙏
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Quite a tricky piece.I had to work out the puzzle.I love the line God is a scapegoat.Made mw think.Well done compadre
Looking at suicide from the rearview mirror... got its unique kick! 🕊️🙏
Thank you, Arqios. 😄 "Looking at suicide from the rearview mirror" is a brilliant way to put it. The backwards word was intended to make the reader discover the darker layer rather than confront it head-on, and your observation captures that perfectly. Thank you for sharing your thoughts, my friend. 🏴🙏🧩🖤
It’s a been there, scraped through that kind of affair, as well. Double shot espresso ☕️🕊️🙏🏻
Good write T. Popeye could not work out the puzzle. He was too busy with glugging spinach! lol.
Thank you, Orchi. 😄 In Popeye's defense, it is difficult to solve puzzles while simultaneously glugging industrial quantities of spinach. By the time he reached the second clue, Scooby had eaten part of the evidence and Tom was insisting the answer was hidden in a knitting pattern. Grateful for the laugh, my friend. 🏴🙏🧩🖤 Also, ever notice that after a while, it really become hard to tell which the P the glug is coming out as, you know? Pee, Puke or...well you get it! 💩
Yes lol.
A serious and profound statement, well-written, My fave, my friend!
Thank you, cellinic. I truly appreciate that. This was one of those pieces that carried a serious weight for me, so I'm grateful it resonated with you. Thank you as well for the fave, my friend. 🏴🙏🧩🖤
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