18th September would have been Conor's birthday.

To mark the day and to remember our lovely boy we are sharing copies of his favourite poem Invictus by William Ernest Henley, with family, friends, colleges, and strangers - online and in person.

The poem was a source of inspiration and strength for Conor and he had a handwritten copy of it above his bed throughout the last few years of his life. We want to share it with other people on his behalf - those who know him and those who didn't. 

It's not really about fundraising, since people have already been so incredibly kind. This page exists so that anyone who would like to acknowledge his birthday through a donation can do so. But more than anything, we'd love it if you could pass the poem on.

This page is for Headway, a Charity who help people who have suffered brain injuries, and their families, cope with the challenges and trials that these injuries can cause for those who survive them. With this in mind, this poem about the strength of the human spirit is particularly apt, I think.

Invictus

William Ernest Henley

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.

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