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