Temperature is held within range.
Pressure is stabilized.
Osmolarity is corrected.
pH is restrained.

Before awareness,
adjustment is already occurring.

Deviation is detected.
Compensation follows.
Balance is restored.

There is no stillness in a living system.
Only continuous correction.

Signals circulate.
Gradients are maintained.
Energy is consumed to preserve structure.

When regulation slows,
instability appears.

When correction fails,
collapse begins.

Life persists only where maintenance continues.

It does not announce itself.
It does not justify itself.

It regulates.