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Autumn Forest

Published by Lee Under the Cedar Trees on October 16, 2025

I’ve awoken in this forest again. 

Under these cedar boughs, shaking dead leaves  from my hair, I yawn and rub my eyes.

It’s already late, but sun rays are still finding their way in. The maple grove hidden inside has turned so orange, yellow, and iron red. The season is late too, and so my bones, my joints, my sinew — they all cry out their dread for the snowstorms that are always on their way, always just around the corner.
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As it Should Be

Published by Lee Under the Cedar Trees on September 4, 2025

A little more time
A pause
Life on hold
Pause, pause, pause
Many breaths

With enough breaths
A day has passed
And death is once again
As it should be  

Reviled 

September 1 – 4, 2025

Often, we just need to wait it out.

August 31 thoughts

Published by Lee Under the Cedar Trees on August 31, 2025

August 31, 2025 “If you were to die tonight, right now, that beautiful water and birdsong could be your last music.” “So to die now could be a beautiful end, but once gone, I’ll never hear that magnificent peace ever again.” “The world falls silent for us all one day, for each of us in our own time. One day, those birds will be gone too, along with any who could appreciate them. Neither existence nor non-existence truly hold anything of import. Not until the end of days, that is.”

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