(Cross-posted from my blog. I'd really love comments or critiques if anyone can offer them.) When I saw Oryx I was overcome with many thoughts I fled to a very High place Which was very Deep And I said: Aurash, Auryx, Oryx! God almighty King of taking Destroyer of Heaven and Earth Of Deep and Sky Of Firmament and Fundament I have read the books of your sorrow Triumph by annihilation Annihilation by triumph And one question would I ask you O seeker of hidden wisdom Are you a god or a worm? When you have taken all That is Or was Or will be Will you not then yourself be taken? Will not your worm devour you And all you have devoured? You will say that this is good That only in existence is the right to exist But I say that you are weak And have always been You are a fool who was given a gift And it will take you O mighty Oryx You have destroyed your god You have taken his godhood You walk where he has walked And plumb Depths he has not known But your god yet lives He crawls inside you He will take you When you have taken all Aiat! Aiat! Aiat! Aiat for mighty Auryx! Aiat for his son Crota! Aiat for cunning Savathûn And for dread Xivu Arath! Aiat for the Hive! Crota destroyed And tithed destruction to his father Aiat for Crota! He has been destroyed By Guardians who tithe their light to each other And know no master Xivu Arath was strong And by sheer strength sought to destroy all things Aiat for Xivu Arath! She will be destroyed By Titans who prune dead growth from the living Rather than kill for destruction's sake Savathûn was cunning She hid behind her Hive And watched And guided And led from shadow As they destroyed all things Aiat for Savathûn! She will be destroyed By Hunters who hide in shadow To protect the light You, O mighty Auryx, have exceeded them all You sought to learn all things Their strength and their weakness And to destroy them by both Instead of one or the other Aiat for great Auryx! You will be destroyed By Warlocks who plumb the secret heights Of both Darkness and Light The Hive were weak And sought strength Their only request, to exist Aiat for the Hive! The worm their god has deceived them It promised life if they would kill But it will kill them When they have killed all else Aiat for the Hive! The Light preserves life in individuality And offers unity in harmony But the Darkness takes all It gives unity only in death Aiat for the Hive and their choice! Aiat for Oryx their god and king! Aiat! Aiat! Aiat! This is the song that Zakar the Spy sang to Oryx, King of Taking In the depths of his Dreadnought.