Worthy

 by Raven Kaldera

Freya by Blaer Naomi RansburgOf all the fair goddesses

Who give their gifts of love and beauty,

You are the one most concerned

With Worth.

What are you worth? you ask, and we twist

In our discomfort - how can you ask this?

Should we not all be equal in worth

In the eyes of love? Except, of course,

For those whom we despise. But how

To put a price on love, on devotion,

On desire? How can that be sacred?

Is it not wrong to be so material?

You laugh, like birdsong and bells.

How much devotion are you worth?

How much trust, how much honesty?

I ask because you sell yourself too short,

As so many do. In believing you should

Have no price, you give yourself dirt cheap

And with no expectation of value.

If you do not know your worth, you will not

Value yourself. Set a price, and stick to it.

Do not settle

Do not settle.


Do not settle.

This is the mantra of the Vanadis,

Who knows that four nights with her

Are well worth the most beautiful jewel

Ever made.

 

Artwork by Blaer Naomi Ransburg.