Unconquerable

Invictus 

by William Ernest Henley (1849–1903)

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 circumstances

I have not winced nor cried aloud.

Under the bludgeonings of chance

My heart 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 straight the gate,

How charged with punishments the scroll,

I am the master of my fate:

I am the Captain of my Soul.

I chose to start off with this because it is something I came across today in my life, truth is I believe in it. I seem to be learning a lot within the course of a week and I wondered why too. Well I think its because everyday there is a lessoned to be learned. Everyday I learn something new now more so then before not because there is more to be learned, but because I am finally opening my eyes to the world and my life. Because of this I see things that I did not see before, not because they were not there but because I never cared to look. So, you may ask what then have I learned today, what does this poem have to do with anything? “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.” So pretty much this is how I feel right now, you see I was in a dark place, a place were I did not see ahead, but now I have found something I have found myself, “My unconquerable soul”. “In the fell clutch of circumstances I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My heart is bloody, but unbowed.” So here is were I tell you about all the hard times, and how I made it out of alive you see thing arent always going to be easy. They wont always be as you planned, nor as you expect, and sometimes life is going to simply kick your But! But you have to come out of it with your head held high, that there is hope and you can get through it. “Beyond this place of wrath and tears looms but the horrors of the shade, and yet the menace of the years finds and shall find me unafraid.” And that no matter what comes this time around I wont falter I will stay strong, I will not give up. “It matters not how straight the gate how charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the Captain of my soul. And that no matter what has happened in the past and whatever happens in the future, my soul will never be conquered, because my will my mind and my persona are to strong for others to over come me!

It pretty much explains how all of us must go through struggle but its up too us whether we allow ourselves to be conquered and consumed by such struggles or do we come out of the ashes and not let anyone or anything conquer our lives, our hearts, our souls!

I really think I hit a milestone today, seeing that I am stronger then I thought I was an I really think this poem and the life of Nelson Mandela helped me very much realize this, because of this I want to put one of my favorite El Yunque Pictures, in celebration of finding something great in myself.