after a dream – Leland Seese
after a dream
— a response to Gabriel Faure’s “après un rêve”
eyes
closed
held
beyond
the reach
of grief
behold
the open
gates
of heaven
Leland Seese (he/him) is a writer living in Seattle, Washington. His poems have been published in RHINO, Juked, Rust & Moth, and many other journals. His poem "PTSD" was awarded honorable mention in the North Carolina Poetry Society's "Poems of Courage" Award. While he never tires of lyric poetry, he loves poems that delight in musical language and highly-associative metaphors. In his free time, he reads crime novels and solve crossword puzzles. You can find more of his writing at lelandseesepoetry.com.
