hate is a strong word
but apathy stronger
for it absolutely
cares not to
hate any more
than it cares
to love;
it devours peace’s
dove wings—
but there is no
release,
for the tension
constructed,
built on horror’s hill,
is only an extension
of our souls obstructed—
isn’t our holy hell
such a god-
damned
thrill?
© 2026 Tristan Robert Lange. All rights reserved.
First published on tristanrobertlange.com, September 25, 2026.
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Coming this Macabre Monday:
DEVILISHLY DREADFUL
Saint Sorebones
on September 28, 2026
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Getting nearer to Saint S......... poem. Popeye & Co meanwhile battling with spinach cans, sabres, and knitting needles! lol.
Orchi, I see Popeye & Co. are preparing for Monday with all the subtlety of a medieval hardware store. 😂 Just wait until Saint Sorebones actually arrives…I suspect the knitting needles may be the least of their concerns. 🕊️🖤🔥🙏
I love the contradictive paired words used in this piece it gives it spice. The message itself is a powerful one disguised under the cover of what many take to be a middle road but apathy is not a middle road but a opposition in the triad of love, hate and apathy. Nicely written my friend.
Thank you…yes, that is exactly where I was coming from. Apathy gets treated like neutrality far too easily, and I wanted to push against that. 🕊️🖤🔥🙏
Most welcome Tristan
A noble prize for apathy .
Haha, Lorenz…perfect. 😂 But which apathetic soul care to show up? 🤣
I really like this Tristan.
It made me think of these lines
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
- Syd 🍄
Thank you, Syd. That quote belongs right beside this piece for me…silence and inaction can do plenty of work on their own. 🕊️🖤🔥🙏
Hello Tristan,
The silence of nothingness and nothing is no godd to no one as in apathy, A dangerous silence, can give hopelessness to hope and the death of life. Very well done, my friend, top drawer.
Fond regards,
Tony.
Tony, exactly…that kind of silence can be dangerous precisely because it looks like nothing is happening. Thank you, my friend. 🕊️🖤🔥🙏
How very clever a word I dislike too but in our current world it has to be used if not to demonstrate one's feelings. Brilliant and beautifully crafted. 🌹
Teddy, thank you. That is exactly it for me…there are times when naming something honestly matters more than whether the word feels pleasant. 🕊️🖤🔥🙏
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