We had conquered the earth
Destroyed it and rebuilt
Time and time again
Throughout millenia


We then turned our attention
To the cosmos beyond
And begun a grand search
For the spark of life


Thousands of years past
And in that time
We came to know
That we were alone in the universe


Yet amoung our lonliness
Strange thoughts and structures
Not of human design
Were left unexplained


The majority of these things
Discovered deep in the earth
Forgotten by untold eons
Lost to both space and time


And there is where we found it
The inscriptiom that led us
To a greater understanding
That we never should have attained


Now we knew for certain
That we were indeed not alone
Life was not seperated
From us by space


No it was separated by time


One hundred and fifty
Million years ago there was a race
Of strange creatures that roamed
The very earth we call home


Intelligent beings beyond even
Our wildest comprehension
For millions of years
Did their empire stand


They were masters of the mind
Strange beings that desired nothing
But the accumulation
Of all knowledge in existence


Great libraries
Filled their antediluvian cities
Only a few of their texts however
Have ever been found


The ones that were found
Spoke of impossible things
Great past events and
Strange occurrences yet to come


They spoke not in past or future
All was present to them
And those that read their words
Often felt weak or ill


There is no record
Of their sudden destruction
No war or collapse
To explain their disappearance


Some say they ascended
Beyond all physicality
Others say they never left
Though this notion can't be placed


Save for a gnawing terror
That began to grow


Within the minds of men