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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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- Haiku (51)
- Freewriting (4)
- Stream of Consciousness Poems (14)
- Responses & After-Poems (2)
- Rhymes (2)
- Bite-Sized Poems (35)
Prose (1)
- Mini Stories (1)
Journaling (109)
- Dream records (3)
- Bite-Sized Thoughts (45)
- Stream of Consciousness Journaling (11)
Visual Art & Design (2)
- Typography/Lettering (2)

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

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Tag: illness

Senryū 2025.01.05

Published by Lee Under the Cedar Trees on January 5, 2025

Coughs from my sickbed
I look around, read my past
And still find such joy

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