The morning got pulled sideways.
A message.
A noise.
A small emergency.
The wrong tab open.
The right task avoided.
Now the work is still here,
sitting where you left it,
not angry,
not dramatic,
just unfinished.
So come back without a speech.
Put the phone face down.
Close the thing you opened for no reason.
Take the cup to the sink.
Write the next line badly
if that is the only way
to write it at all.
You do not need to rescue the whole day.
Just give the next ten minutes
your full attention.
One task.
One breath.
One honest return.
The day is not lost
because part of it was messy.
The work begins again
the moment you stop explaining
why you stopped.