IMPORTANT THINGS ARE SO EASY TO LOSE TRACK OF SOMETIMES.

Te Deum       
by Charles Reznikoff

Not because of victories
I sing,
having none,
but for the common sunshine,
the breeze,
the largess of the spring.

Not for victory
but for the day's work done
as well as I was able;
not for a seat upon the dais
but at the common table.


From The Complete Poems of Charles Reznikoff. Copyright © 1976 by Charles Reznikoff.