the tide

you want it to be more,
but you suspect
that this what it will
be,
no more, no less
than what it seems.
a younger man would be
distressed with this
revelation,
but not you. your acceptance
of each day
is new, and welcomed.
you are letting the tide
carry you out
to sea.
it's the sea you knew
as a child and know
even better now.