Thursday, February 18, 2010
invictus
out [of the night] that cover meblack as the pit from pole to pole
i thank whatever gods maybe
for my unconquerable soul
in the fell clutch of circumstance
i have not winced nor cried aloud
under the bludgeoning 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 straight the gate
how charged with punishments the scroll
i am the master of my fate
i am the captain of my soul
that's me writing this poem out of memory, the ones in [] are the words and stanza that i had a hard time remembering. i watched the movie not because of the poem. honestly the title sounded familiar but the poem immediately did not register until the first few scenes of seeing matt damon. hehe. but really the highlight of the movie was not when the poem was read with just the right amount of imagery. even if that particular sequence gave me chills, it was the way the entire story was told that won me. the sports angle, a dead giveaway to capture my attention but the rest of it kept me hanging in there and just wanting more. more of real life that i could learn from. from the great mandela to the humble francois, this movie abounds with inspiration enough to unite a whole nation or simply to move one soul to abide by the essence of the poem AND the movie.
(12:04 AM) ♥ tal
