having been away
going through motions
absently drifting
a bag in the wind
drying out on the sand
waiting for the next tide
to replenish something
that's hard to define
has seemed lacking
missing in action
i read that book before
when I started
a new volume
some of the characters seemed familiar
however changed by living
days hard to keep up with
unconscious skills a pool
underwater resources
can be relied upon
when the blind lead with
strange instincts