Day587【Cycle】

A daily monochrome photo-poetry series by naozo. Since 2025, each work pairs a moment from everyday life with a poem from NZ, the artist's future self. Through glass, light, and silence, the series turns self-doubt into dialogue.

NZPHOTOGRAPH & naozo

Day587【Cycle】

DEAR naozo,

What

Has ended

That is what

I would ask

People

Often believe

What leaves

Is something

They have

Lost

They mourn

Endings

And long

Only for

Beginnings

Yet

Sometimes

I wonder

Whether

What leaves

And what

Arrives

Are not

Separate things

But

Part of

The same

Current

A wave

Does not

Recede

To end

It moves away

To return

Another wave

Will also

One day

Recede

That endless

Rhythm

Is what

Makes

The sea

The sea

People

Are no

Different

Life

Is not

Only joy

Nor

Only sorrow

I believe

To cycle

Is not

Simply

To repeat

It is

To continue

While

Becoming

Something new

So

Do not

Be afraid

What leaves

And what

Arrives

Are both

Part of

The same

Sea

What do you think

from NZ

This story is a work of fiction. Except for the named individuals, all elements are products of imagination. The boundary between reality and fiction is intentionally ambiguous, and its interpretation is left to the reader.