Friday, July 9, 2010

Invictus

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

So we just got done watching the movie Invictus and loved it! So I looked up the poem and I love the poem! It's so true! I think I'm going to go buy the book that the movie is based off of called Playing the Enemy. If you haven't seen the movie I would highly recommend it.

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