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THE WINGS OF DESTINY

 Daedalus , the greatest  Athenian inventor of all time 

prisoned in his own invention  the Labywrinth with his son ;

he plans of yet another invention , the metal wings for his mighty escape

he doesn't have enough time so he makes it in a haste ;

he uses wax for bonding the feathers  and warns his son

you should fly at a medium height otherwise

you will become the prey to the fates ;

just then arrived the cruel king with his guards 

but the inventor and his son flew out  of the gates ;

as they flew above the sea the son became overjoyed

and payed no heed to his father's warning and went too high;

the heat from the sun melted the wax and down fell Icarus 

Daedalus saw his son drown in the sea but he was helpless ;

he remembered his nephew Talos whom he threw from his tower

guilty he was in murder and this was his punishment ; 

no matter how mighty a person is , he cannot escape his fate

the fates have haunted even the greatest of the great.........