sometimes the day just gets away from me

I wanted to write a piece earlier today but was distracted

I was reminded that I needed to do something urgently

then a few phone calls came in

my priority was to deal with those

then I had to run an errand and the whole morning was gone

another phone call in the afternoon requested information

I had to spend many hours gathering that data

and sending a bunch of followup emails

more calls interrupted every email I was composing

so here at am at almost 5pm

sitting down to write at last

wherever did the day go I asked myself

the truth is it went nowhere

of course its easy to blame others for taking over my day

its really a weakness on my part for allowing others steal my time

it was my choice to let those diversions consume my time

I could have said no to most of those demands

or simply rescheduled them for later

my writing time is my metime

tomorrow I will get up early

I will close the office door

the phone will be turned off

tomorrow metime is metime

no ifs and no buts

the world can wait for me tomorrow

hope you can be there to share the experience