Within Scope

I start where I am
And work forward from there
Using what’s available
Without trying to improve it

I don’t widen the task
To make it feel worthwhile
And I don’t keep things open
Once they’ve shown their limit

What fits inside the scope
Moves without resistance
What doesn’t
Waits outside the process
Without being corrected

I don’t carry excess forward
To avoid deciding
And I don’t return to the same edge
To see if it feels different

Within scope
Still running

Most days follow
The same general outline
Not because it’s safer
But because it costs less
To repeat what already works

I check once
Then continue
Without re-evaluating
What hasn’t changed

If something asks
For more time or attention
Than I can give it
I leave it incomplete
Without trying to resolve it

Nothing here is urgent
Nothing here is waiting
And nothing improves
By being pushed beyond its use

Within scope
Still running

I stay inside it