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Day 293: As the Flower Petals Fall
As the flower petals fall I can see her reflection Amber curves make their way down to green pools Seas lost in torrents, sirens at bay...

ZJC
Aug 9, 20201 min read
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Day 292: Intentional Texts
It doesn’t happen often, but I sometimes get texts that make me angry. But it is not as if my friends and family are calling me names and...

ZJC
Aug 8, 20204 min read
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Day 291: The Slumps and Hills
For the past several days it has taken me around an hour of staring at a blank screen, fiddling with the guitar, checking Facebook, and...

ZJC
Aug 7, 20203 min read
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Day 290: Budweiser Haiku
Red and delicious Dessert for a hard day’s work More than just a king

ZJC
Aug 6, 20201 min read
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Day 289: The Night
As the night falls How the bed calls The crickets are singing The alarm is dinging Behind these dark walls The night is chilly I know it...

ZJC
Aug 5, 20201 min read
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Day 288: No Manual
When I catch myself thinking too much about the rights and wrongs, the different paths, the subtle nuances of karma, I have to remind...

ZJC
Aug 4, 20202 min read
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Day 287: Malleable Mind
All the thoughts that I’ve thought Are only plateaus underneath these thoughts I thought I knew what I thought Turns out, guess not The...

ZJC
Aug 3, 20201 min read
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Day 286: The Dead Tree
When I grow up I want to be a dead tree Grey and dry and lacking bark I want to be evidence Proof that my branches once grew And my...

ZJC
Aug 2, 20201 min read
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Day 285: Boat Motor and Evening Sunset Waves
Mathematics in nature The nature of mathematics Fractal beauty Flows in spinal ovals The complexity in the simple How simple is the...

ZJC
Aug 1, 20201 min read
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Day 284: The Trick to Catching a Fly
There’s not much too it really. It will take practice and you won’t always succeed. But the plus side of catching flies is that you can...

ZJC
Jul 31, 20203 min read
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Day 283: 20 Ways to Say You’re Sick
I’m sick. I feel like poop. There’s something wrong with that sushi. Must have caught a bug. I haven’t left the bathroom all morning. I’m...

ZJC
Jul 30, 20201 min read
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Day 282: Have We’ve Been Here Before
Have we’ve been here before The interaction of screens Have I typed these words and thought these thoughts Stared at a white canvas and...

ZJC
Jul 29, 20201 min read
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Day 281: Candles
As the flame melts the candle wax Is it aware of its inevitable nonexistence For the candle and the flame Reliant on each other to live...

ZJC
Jul 28, 20201 min read
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Day 280: The Bricks of Our Lives
This post is a direct reference to Pink Floyd’s album, The Wall. In it, the bricks are a metaphor for the emotional blockage we build up...

ZJC
Jul 27, 20202 min read
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Day 279: Day 1
For a couple of weeks now, my name has been on a piece of paper that says that I am responsible for everything inside of a thousand...

ZJC
Jul 26, 20202 min read
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Day 278: The Mirror Mantra
Just because I would do something does not make it the right thing to do.

ZJC
Jul 25, 20201 min read
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Day 277: Rock Garden
Decorative memories lay Carved smooth from the waves Evidence of shore

ZJC
Jul 24, 20201 min read
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Day 276: The Feeling of Colors
Here’s a quick thought: Colors convey feelings to people either inherently or through experience. Each culture may have a different...

ZJC
Jul 23, 20202 min read
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Day 275: Making a Dent
As a pebble drops, Sinking to the bottom of the lake for all time Its waves are carried to every shore

ZJC
Jul 22, 20201 min read
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Day 274: Back and Forth Down the River
I think about life as a metaphor of a river. There is always a flow and it’s nearly impossible to paddle backward. We ride the raft we...

ZJC
Jul 21, 20202 min read
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Day 273: A Journey Through the Earth
One day I picked up a shovel and I started digging. I dug all day and into the night. The next day I continued my pursuit: somewhere...

ZJC
Jul 20, 20203 min read
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Day 272: Missing Pieces
In a life filled with thousand-piece puzzles, it is hard to find every piece when you’re looking for it. That empty gap is always in the...

ZJC
Jul 19, 20202 min read
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Day 271: Bubbles
When I think about how everything changes Literally Constantly The reality of life is change Moment to moment We are all flowing down the...

ZJC
Jul 18, 20202 min read
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Day 270: Some (rap lyrics)
Some days Some waves Some ways to ride the tide Some streets Some treats Some beats to flow and vibe All I want is a little bit of peace...

ZJC
Jul 17, 20201 min read
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