UNITY AT ALL COSTS

Prices are always paid
In money
In time
In effort
Their size and nature vary infinitely
And their values also
But escaping their paying
Means only
That nothing has been bought

Prices are always paid
And the best things in life
Are not free
But sometimes bought
With payments invisible
And that which is cheap
Is usually worth its price

Prices are always paid
Even in Zloties
And value 
Is often not seen easily
And sometimes never
Until final payment is made

Prices are always paid
But that which you value
Above all else
Is always worth its price

Prices are always paid
And the price that counts
Has been paid already for us
Always and forever
Transcendent of the where and the when
And dependant only 
On our collecting the receipt
 


David McLauchlan