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I'm a middle-aged nobody breathing one day at a time in Canada while screaming into the world through the written word.

Under the Cedar Trees is a cathartic outlet for unmasking and processing navigating life through a lens of mental illness and ASD. Random thoughts and creations regarding any topics that come to mind and need to be voiced may also be shared here.

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Poetry (419)
- Free Verse (271)
- Poem Series (17)
- Senryū (80)
- Haiku (55)
- Freewriting (4)
- Stream of Consciousness Poems (14)
- Responses & After-Poems (2)
- Rhymes (2)
- Bite-Sized Poems (38)
Prose (2)
- Mini Stories (2)
Journaling (118)
- Dream records (3)
- Bite-Sized Thoughts (48)
- Stream of Consciousness Journaling (13)
Visual Art & Design (2)
- Typography/Lettering (2)

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abuse adventure ambition anhedonia animals anxiety battles budō catching the bus catharsis celebration change communication confidence culture denial depression disconnection dissociation dreams emotional suppression empathy envy failure false friends family fear friendship fun future grief guilt healing health and healing hiding hopelessness human interest hunger illness indecision inevitability insomnia inspiration internal dialogue interpersonal relationships introspection loss love marriage memories metnal music nature night nostalgia overwhelm paradise patterns peace pebbling perseverance pets pills poems posterity public encounters purpose regret relief revenge savage screaming searching seasons secrets self-discovery self-erasure self-expression self-improvement self-suppression self-worth sex silence sleep stars support survival teaching tears tests time travel trust universe verbal shutdowns victories vision vulnerability wild womanhood

"Through journaling, your voice
cannot go unheard."
— Unknown

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Tag: culture

Packaged Nation

Published by Lee Under the Cedar Trees on November 1, 2025

This place isn’t mine
To carve my odd shape into
…

Continue readingPackaged Nation

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