Patricia Heisser Métoyer

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Panes of Hunger

Glass fractures light—
slanted beams slicing shadows
across the table,
Where crumbs linger
Whispers of a vanished feast.

The Pane holds a face,
its hollow gaze pressed against
a brittle world,
Reflections thin as air.

Beyond, golden crust wheat sways—
close enough to taste,
sealed
Behind silent scream of glass.

patricia a. heisser métoyer is completing an International MFA in Creative Writing and holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of California. She is an award-winning writer and the recipient of The Los Angeles Review of Books Publishing Fellowship and The American Film Institute Fellowship. Her work has been published on multiple platforms. Her poems appear in Cathexis Northwest Press, Stardust Review, Oyster River Pages, The Dewdrop, WILDsound Writing Festival Ode Poetry Contest, and The Write Launch. She is a member of the Black List, The Television Academy Foundation Education Advisor, Author's Guild, and the American Psychological Association, Who's Who in America: Millennium Edition.