Thursday, May 11, 2006
I can be cheem at times.
Because I've finished my exams, I'm surprisingly in the greatest, bestest mood I can ever felt in my life. :) and I can smile endlessly without feeling the strain of extra burdens bugging the back of my mind.
There's this lovely poem by William Ernest Henley I would like to share: Because I've been watching One Tree Hill Season 3 despite the fact that I've ongoing exams and I'm sure there'll be a Season 4 (its a matter of when will it ever be released): Anyways, when I heard the poem, I had strong feelings about it, somewhat felt like this poem is talking about what I've been experiencing in general. I tell myself, no matter what, I will conquer the hardship I'm facing right now, bad grades I deserve, is all because I rule my life, I will be willing to take it no matter what nonsense or disappointments I may face in the unpredictable future. Love the last 2 lines of the poem especially. Sometimes poems can be this fulfilling and true to its every word.
Invictus
by William Ernest Henley; 1849-1903Out 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.
10:42 PM