Shoulders already tight.
Mind already somewhere else.
The week hadn't started and you were already tired from it.
Then the thought lands.
That thing you were bracing for? It's not happening.
Plans changed. You just never noticed.
We set routines once and let them run forever.
They don't ask permission. Don't check the calendar.
They just show up because they always have.
And we show up too.
Bracing for weight that quietly left the room.
The body doesn't question. It just prepares.
Still tensing for something that quietly packed up and left.
That's the cost of autopilot.
