The Price of Love
A poem inspired by William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice
What is the price of love?
What monetary number
is love’s equivalence
in terms of minted coin?
If love and money combine,
then how much money
must be spent to win
the love of our friends?
Perhaps love is measured
in golden chests?
Silver or a baser metal?
How does one judge their worth?
Their appearances contain merit,
but what’s inside counts even more.
Unhappiness abounds for those
not lead by wise mentality.
The meaning of price
is weighed in what is given.
How much does love weigh
in terms of a man?
Is the weight of love
the entirety of one man
or is it found in lesser mass?
Is it found inside? His heart perhaps?
Love is undefined
by amounts of money
and gilded chests.
Love cannot be weighed.