all gods
under a nation—
empire—
shadowfall
in consuming
consumation.
who do we worship?
© 2026 Tristan Robert Lange. All rights reserved.
First published on tristanrobertlange.com, September 6, 2026.
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September 6, 2026
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God, nation, family, self what order do we put them or do we even believe in them. Well written my friend
Well said, my friend...the worship starts when one of those things becomes more important than every other human being. 🇺🇸✝️👁️🙏
And so it is
We should worship ourselves and our families, everything else is smoke! Oh Tristan I feel your pain in these months, especially politically, as you know I'm not religious I believe, all preach to the same figure in the end but it won't help us we have to help ourselves. 💜
I understand you, Teddy...ourselves and our families should come first, but even that can fall under the dominance of a nation...as seen in countless families losing loved ones to war, politics, and many other such things. Scary how quckly we abandon those right before us for intangible things promised by elusive governments. 🇺🇸✝️👁️🙏
Good write T. And now your next Macabre poem - about mysterious glugs, sounds of knitting needles, and clashes of sabres in duelling - Popeye & Co's antics! lol.
LOL...the domination of the nation may have to wait while I attend to the mysterious glugs and the duelling sabres, Orchi. 🇺🇸✝️👁️🙏
fine write, enjoyed
Thank you, my friend...Gla you enjoyed. 🇺🇸✝️👁️🙏
most welcome
Most people just worship themselves, putting the I in idolatry…
That’s a hell of a pun, Fränz...and unfortunately, it tracks. 🇺🇸✝️👁️🙏
Good write, Tristan.
Appreciate that, Jerry...thank you for reading. 🇺🇸✝️👁️🙏
We worship the illusion .
Well said, Lorenz...we can become so devoted to the image that we forget to question what’s underneath. 🇺🇸✝️👁️🙏
Who indeed! And the why cold also be very revealing.
Absolutely, Arqios...once we start asking why, the comfortable answers tend to disappear. 🇺🇸✝️👁️🙏
I find it quite easy to not worship any of the choices you provide Tristan. Extend your list if you wish, but I doubt you will find a different answer from me.
A challenge?
I understand your answer, Dave...but you’re still stepping into the forest. The religious language is only the foil. We all tend to serve something, even if we call it principle, freedom, truth, success, or self-preservation. And worship, broadly speaking, is placing something above all else as most worthy of loyalty and praise. I have yet to find a person who places nothing above anything else. The point is that even those things can and almost always do fall under the dominance of the state. 🇺🇸✝️👁️🙏
So you challenged – and demolished my half arsed comment. However there are limits to my humility.
Of the examples you cite, freedom and truth I value above all; success, and self-preservation are too vague to gain much consideration from me.
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