survival – Under the Cedar Trees

Empire of My Name — Those Who Do Not Know Their History are Doomed to Repeat It

Published by Lee Under the Cedar Trees on December 26, 2025

I love this name of mine,
This name of no other;
This name I can’t — won’t! — kill
Just to satisfy…

December 21 2025, before sleep.

Published by Lee Under the Cedar Trees on December 21, 2025

I’m a ghost, haunting on stolen time

I’m surviving tonight

I’m training myself on inhibition defeat

How much drugs to kill the resistance?

Left my Shoes

Published by Lee Under the Cedar Trees on September 18, 2025

I left my shoes behind when my feet got stuck in the asphalt
I had to leave them behind when I walked right into this mess that I didn’t see

Current

Published by Lee Under the Cedar Trees on September 11, 2025

Clear tides are hiding nothing tonight
Swirling about my feet
Rising past my ankles
Then tickling my knees
Slowly
…
I’m supposed to go home
But it’s so much work
It’s so far upstream
And I’m already so tired
…

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.

Left Blinker

Published by Lee Under the Cedar Trees on August 24, 2025

Behind the wheel, keeping my eyes on the road
somehow lowers shields around my mind.
As I drive the comfort of familiar grey,
you’re able to sneak inside,
creeping on tippy-toes without a sound.