The Pressed Rose

Between the covers of an old novel,

sits a trio of pressed pink roses,

the flowery scent long faded away.

a long-forgotten suitor long ago proposes.

Lovingly pressed between the pages

of the last book they read together

found decades later by the grandchildren

lead to imaginings by them, altogether.

between the pages of a book is the proof

that Grandmother once had a suitor,

who she loved more than their Grandfather,

This lover, who was supposed to be her tutor

She learned many things from him

many things that she never told a soul

He was her everything, her world

and she was something he wanted to control.