Tyson West
A Flip in Time
(a rondel)
We once had something – not so much at all
I hope you find the love that you deserve
With my hormones and your conniving verve
We did not look behind each other's wall.
You'd fake a hug and kiss but we'd just fall
With relish in our comfortable curve
We once had something – not so much at all
I hope you find the love that you deserve.
Now in old age you write I hear your drawl
Extend a white rose. My tired eyes observe
You'll flip the thorns into an open nerve
Fresh pain must be the reason why you call
Once we had something but not much at all.
Bio
Tyson West lives in Eastern Washington in smoke and dust on the bottom of an Ice Age flood plain.
He enjoys reciting his poetry to magpies and coyotes.
He has published poetry and speculative fiction in various genres in "Fast Forward Festival",
Voluted Tales, and in anthologies "Warlords of the Asteroid Belt", and "You Can't Kill Me I'm Already Dead".
He has had two poems nominated for the Pushcart Prize. His poetry collection "Home-Canned Forbidden Fruit"
is available from Gribble Press.
His novella "Mall of the Damned" was published
in 2014 by Red Dashboard Publishing, LLC.
He received Third Place in the 2018 Kalanithi Award for his rondel 'Under the Bridge.' He is also a member of the Furry Writer's Guild and listed on the "Haiku Registry."