To Free or Not to Free?

I don't know why I bet on losing horses, get embroiled in a losing cause, 

That no one turned up for a free workshop, is reason enough to take a pause.

Was the content not good, or marketing not enough, or the facilitator not up to the mark? 

Or the topic of caring for a fellow aspirant, not relevant in this competitive landscape stark? 

You design a solution, put your heart and soul, expecting a natural product-market fit,

When you have zero takers, or have to pay for UX inputs, to stay on course, needs a lot of grit. 

The solution is good, users love it, now the million dollar question- whether to give it free?

When its free, its perceived cheap, and without value, and all expect a catch, somewhere, you see. 

 

Perhaps you'll ask, for money down the line,  your strategy in the long run based on freemium,

And charge a bomb, by up selling and cross selling, to give us an experience that's not shallow but premium. 

Perhaps you'll just give our data away, or bombard with ads that corrupt our mind,

Or perhaps you'll ask for a favor in return, and put us in a moral bind. 

You say that my products I should adequately price, neither too high nor too low, 

I'll keep it free, no matter what the price, take each day in its stride- burning nice and slow,