A Treasure So Precious

You give me joy, you give me pleasure
you make my heart sing
Yes you are the one who satifies me and gives
me all these things
For my sake you left one thing out
For my sorrow left me in doubt,
that you were right for me
It looks so good and feels so right the fruit upon
that tree
I just couldn't see how it could hurt me
Its' so appealing and I'm curious as can be
So I took a bite and this is what it got me
Death and suffering came my way
And yet I would not listen to what
you had to say
I continued in evil because it felt
so good and right
Here I was in confusion as dark as night
In lack of perception and judgement
I went my way
Yes I learned what evil was that day
Evil was selfish, greedy and prejudices
To turn away from a treasure so precious
You ask, "How could this happen to me?"
Very easily when the Lord is not allowed to be
involved in every part of your life you'll see
A careless moment a doubt of how it should be
Can lead you far away to that fruit upon that tree

                                                Written by Alex Billiot 1999