I am an innocent man whose fate was also my destiny. There was no way to stop the prophecy no matter what action was taken. Through my life I ruled for my people. I was looked at as a “mortal set apart to face life’s common issues and the trials, which the gods dispensed to men”. However, I did not want my fate to be my destiny. I wanted to be honest... To be …showed first 75 words of 737 total…

…showed last 75 words of 737 total…chooses how I am to move. As I destroyed the sphinx by answering its riddle, I destroyed myself by answering the riddle of my own birth. We are all born into a world we did not choose or create, stumbling blindly toward self-awareness and often knowingly deny who we are for shame or sake of others. I must not from this day see those who I have shamed for the sake of myself. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**