protein

protein

like in the matrix when humans are batteries

in quatermass humans were protein

only the young for they were innocent

their bodies not corrupted by age

fake ideas put in their heads

and false emotions in their hearts

drawn to the old stone circles

and pre-historic mounds on the landscape

for it was here the transmitters were located

placed here by aliens before the dawn of time

when they discarded their flesh and became machines

they made us by altering the apes

and had a ready food source

to feed their machines pure human protein

harvested from us the young people

taken in a flash of bright light

believing they were going to an alien world

to be happy and live the perfect idyll

but it was all a lie put there by the machine

a thing so alien nobody knew what it was

few even cared or could understand

the young all taken in their billions

their ash turned the sky purple

their protein fed the monstrous alien machine

fuel for its engine to rape our world

and doom our race subservient slaves

destined to almost die out

till the next time it came back

starving and lusting for food

when it would harvest our youth

as it had since the dawn of time

it fed on the young

not wanting the old

who would die soon

and were powerless to stop it

it the ravenous alien machine

a galactic engine

was it god?