Who am I?

Look up: Invictus

1.  invictus
   Latin, meaning: unconquer, unconquerable, undefeated.  
   
2.  Invictus
   `Invictus` is a short poem by the British poet William Ernest Henley. The title is Latin for `unconquered`. It was first published in 1875.
3.  Invictus
   (from the article `Henley, William Ernest`) ...were published in The Cornhill Magazine in 1875; the whole sequence appeared in A Book of Verses (1888). Dating from the same period is his most ...
4. Invictus
   Invictus 1. Unconquered, undefeated. 2. A popular poem from the late nineteenth century by the English author William Ernest Henley.

I have always seen myself as something complex. Something unique. Crafted by a perfect being, sent with a specific purpose yet to be found. Often times I find myself surprised to see the things I've accomplished and how far I've come. Recently I returned from an adventure I never thought would end. Paraguay was my second home, a literal overhaul of who I was, becoming what I am today. The last few days have been difficult, a complete change from what I have become introduced into the world as we know it. Its weird to look back. The numerous pitfalls and obstacles overpassed and of course, the good times. I suppose it always reverts back to what I have found to be me. It was when someone I knew and very close to me gave me these words that things really changed in my life.

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 the punishments the scroll,

I am the master of my fate:

I am the captain of my soul.

This is invictus. This is me. I have been beaten down, scourged, spat at, stepped on, and yet beyond this all, I am yet unbowed. These words are who I am. They run through my veins like the ever important life blood. I am the master of my fate: I am the capitan of my soul. I am invictus.