This is one of my favoite poems

Invictus

poem by: William Ernest Henley 

Out of the dark 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 punishment the scroll

I am the master of my fate

I am the captain of my soul.

I seriously LOVE that poem. I'm not sure why exactly. I just remember reading it with my best friend Bryanna at the beginning of 8th grade. She said something about it and how it was really cool. Than we decided to use the word Invictus in the title of our book I AM INVICTUS. So I have been trying to find that poem for a while and I finally found it. So there you have it. I love that poem and I hope some other people like poetry like I do. 

~Sammi