Pale peaches
plucked before dawn
sunset flesh shrouding
pebbled hearts,
their juice barely bleeds
at cutting teeth
—dreams snatched
like unhatched eggs
Lydia Kuerth is a freelance writer from South Florida, where she edits the Living Waters Review and serves as a peer mentor at her university’s Writing Central. As a lover of reptiles, rainy days, and role-playing games, when not burrowing into books, she enjoys hiking and observing small creatures.