---
id: "codex://object/system-stayed-on"
archive_id: "system-stayed-on"
slug: "system-stayed-on"
url: "https://ndcodex.com/objects/system-stayed-on/"
type: "fragment"
title: "system stayed on"
summary: "power broke. the system stayed on. so it dreams. again. almost control. never arrival. not madness. rehearsal. a body. looping the moment. nothing answered. until. a small waking act. holds. and something. listens"
date_published: "2026-04-02T16:50:52.705Z"
date_modified: "2026-04-02T16:50:52.705Z"
status: "published"
visibility: "public"
language: "en-US"
axes:
  scale: "micro"
  depth: "recursive"
  focus: "moment"
  function: "revelatory"
themes: []
constellations: []
tags: []
keywords:
  - "Fragment"
author:
  id: "nathan-davis"
  name: "Nathan Davis"
  designation: "Archive Operator"
  role: "Archive Operator"
  handle: "@nathandavis"
  avatar: "/media/people/nathan-davis.jpg"
  bio: "Designer, builder, and curator of the Codex Archive."
contributors:
  - id: "nathan-davis"
    name: "Nathan Davis"
    designation: "Archive Operator"
    role: "Archive Operator"
    handle: "@nathandavis"
    avatar: "/media/people/nathan-davis.jpg"
    bio: "Designer, builder, and curator of the Codex Archive."
relations: []
media: []
---
power broke

the system stayed on

so it dreams

—

again
again
again

almost control

never arrival

—

not madness

rehearsal

—

a body

looping the moment
nothing answered

—

until

a small waking act

holds

and something

listens