Petals Between Pages
Devon Webb
Like petals between pages I keep
memories of you beautiful
preserved through the pressing hands of time
retaining shape
you fade in vivid colour
I remember your softness
I tuck it away in my head
to slip upon in surprising moments
a gift from an old lover.
Devon Webb (she/her) is an award-winning writer & editor based in Aotearoa New Zealand. Her work, concerning themes of femininity, anticapitalism & neurodivergence, has been published in over seventy journals worldwide. She can be found on social media at @devonwebbnz.