Monday, December 28, 2009

master of my fate.

The movie "Invictus" touched me in more ways than I could have imagined. Interestingly enough, I hadn't even heard a single thing about the movie, I had no clue what I was walking into. But I think it now goes in my top ten favorite movies of all time.

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.


William Ernest Henley

song: John Mayer's solo, raw 'Edge of Desire' from his blog

1 comment:

  1. i've heard great things about the movie-- and i've heard that it's the role morgan freeman was destined to play. haha

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