The next step looked easy
when we had decided

exactly how we'd go.
But as usual the controllers
interjected regulations,
rules, and complications.
So as we reached the edge
of one place towards the next
we saw the precipice for real:
the depth of the fall,
the cost of fulfilling desire,
the energy to be dispelled.

Of course, sitting back
it is easy to see why
they spoiled our fun:
Their ultimate ambition?
To maintain power.
Not to aid humanity
but to subjegate it.
Not to allow us our joy
but to control us.

© Allen Ansell 2022