How long have you been watching, knowing all the truths?
Allowing the story to unfold before deciding on intervention
Blacking out the sunlight so we make no foolish moves
The most pleasant form of submission, freedom from intention

A curious utopia makes idle minds become soon busy
Unable to trust what we cannot see and comprehend
The possibilities sent our philosophies all a-dizzy
Is the peace you guarantee the action of a friend?

As omnipotent overlords what purpose is your desire?
To defuse our will for independence over the ages
Or quiet the individual need to reach on ever higher
While our intellectual enlightenment engages

Once your face revealed, the body will weep or faint
Soon accepting the devil may be in the detail
The pursuit of pleasure left little time for complaint
And a peaceful coexistence came to prevail

The Guardian Angels and correct use of force
Countered suffering, mandated and employed
That gave some meaning the plebs could endorse
To avert their eyes from the beckoning void

Inspired by the first half of Arthur C Clarke’s Childhood’s End.
27th Nov 2025 – Shared with Esther Chilton Writing Prompt – angel