Empire

No one would have believed in the early years of the 21st century
That our world was being watched by intelligences greater than our own
That as men busied themselves about their various concerns
They observed and studied
With infinite complacency, men went to and fro about the globe
Confident of our empire over this world
Yet across the gulf of space, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic
Regarded our planet with envious eyes and slowly, and surely
Drew their plans against us

And slowly, and surely
Drew their plans against us
Against us