What I Have Won Poem by John Sensele

What I have won I can't measure
When from the bottom of my heart flows gratitude
Which generates as much pleasure
As can flow from my right attitude.

What I have won I can't count
When the bounties in my life
Strive to give the right account
For all the right reasons to my wondrous wife.

What I have won I can't estimate
When to new and old friends I express appreciation
Especially to Christine my soulmate
Whose lifetime has fed into my life so much affection.

What I have won I can't quantify
When for old time's sake I recall special moments
Apples of my eye dared to qualify
To diminish and finish tortuous torments.

What I have won I can't specify
When God's graces and favours
Bless every step I've taken to modify
Steamy sins that enveloped my egregious endeavours.

What I have won I can't verify
When conscience demands restitution
For transgressions against souls I can't mollify
Because so many ebony embers sprang into action by my volition.