the tall men

why do you come to me
only in the silence?
why do you never
show your faces?
i have tried to look
upon your face.
but my eyes slide away.
i have tried to understand
your words
but my mind cannot hear
the words you say.
those words that i knew
in another life.
did you really think
I would believe you angels?
and not know you
for what you
really are?
did you really think
i never studied
the old ways?
and never heard your name?
did you think
i would trust you
just because
you showed me the truth?
even the morning star
knew the truth.
even evil knows the truth.
what can you show me
that I do not already know?
what can you give me
that another cannot?
i know what you really are.

© 1991-2009 Samantha Greene