True Cost

Beyond the immediate

We will never know

The true cost

Of our own actions

Either in thought

Or deed

Purchases made

Or items unbought

Hallucinogens taken

Or liquids drunken

Words spoken

Or thoughts forsaken

Intentions concluded

Or never fulfilled

Dreams never dreamt

Or nightmares stilled

“We will pay the price
But we will not count the cost”

Rush  “Bravado”