Completion leaves little
for the archive to record.
Step Seven documents the programme’s final recorded state. Earlier stages of adjustment, divergence and consolidation have disappeared from the record, leaving only a system that now presents itself as complete. The archive preserves the final artefact without celebration or concern, noting simply that no further correction appears necessary.
Step seven
Everything is quiet in the way it should be
No resistance left in any part of me
Every action fits the shape it’s meant to take
Every choice aligns before I even make
This is how it ends
This is how it stays
Every line connects
Every part obeys
This is how it ends
This is how it stays
Nothing left to fix
Nothing left to change
No reflection asking who I used to be
No division left between the parts of me
Every version folded into something clean
Every signal clear, exactly what it means
This is how it ends
This is how it stays
Every line connects
Every part obeys
Every line connects
Every part obeys
This is how it ends
This is how it stays
Nothing left to fix
Nothing left to change
No error found
No correction needed
This is how it ends
This is how it stays
Every line connects
Every part obeys
This is how it ends
This is how it stays
Nothing left to fix
Nothing left to change
Step seven complete