the price

what price loyalty
what price gain
what price friendship
what price kin

tie them all together
or lose your very soul
let none dissuade you
from this difficult goal

what price of father and child
what price that love
what price the sword in hand
what price the hawk on glove

the giving of the soul
the losing of the life
all of these will come
in never ending strife

what price respect
what price pride
what price honesty
the price of one denied



written for a friend.

Penned by my hand on the 15th of Aeguary, in the year 247 AF.