Strange Beings came
from unknown skies
by flying machines
dazzling the human eyes.
The rude men saw
lightnings coming out
of the flying machines
and ploughing by fire
secular woods.
They saw strange beings
with odd headgears
and scaly armours
walk stately
like gods.
A holy dread
pushed back the men
in the friendly woods.
But they showed themselves peaceful,
they spoke known languages,
they taught the uncultured hordes
how to build pyramides and temples,
they disclosed the numbers’ mystery,
the universe’s marvels.
So the men built up
the ancient kingdom of Egypt,
the mysterious Atlantis,
the lost cultures of Indus,
the americam empires.
Only dark tales,
obscure traces
lost in the mists of time
were left,
faint memory
of the mysterious teachers
disappeared suddenly
in the universe’s depths.