Reduced Scope

There’s less to manage now
than there used to be,
and I notice it
without attaching meaning to it.

The range is narrower,
the distance shorter,
and I don’t extend it
to match an earlier version.

I work with fewer options
without missing the rest,
and I don’t keep alternatives alive
just to feel flexible.

What remains is reachable,
what’s gone stays gone,
and I don’t reference it
to explain the difference.

Reduced scope.
Still workable.

The days fit inside each other
more cleanly now,
and I don’t confuse that
with limitation.

There are fewer directions,
but they’re clear,
and I don’t require
a wider view to proceed.

Nothing here is provisional,
nothing is waiting to expand,
and nothing improves
by being imagined larger than it is.

This is the size it holds,
and I stay inside it
without adjusting the edges.

Reduced scope.
Still workable.

I continue.