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SPRING 2021
HOMESCHOOL IOWA 23
Sin Is A Sugar
By Joel Dobony
an Iowa Homeschooler
S in is a s u g a r, s w e e t a s c a n b e ,
It ’s lik e n e c t a r, s e e m s t o s e t y o u f r e e .
B u t u n lik e m o s t n e c t a r s , it o n ly t a k e s o n e lic k ,
B e fo r e y o u fi n d y o u r s e lf d r e a d f u lly s ic k .
It ’s lik e q u ic k p le a s u r e , it d o e s n ’t t a k e lo n g ,
B u t d e e p in s id e , y o u k n o w t h a t it ’s w r o n g .
R e v e n g e is a d r e n a lin e , s t r e n g t h t o t h e b o n e s ,
B u t it s o o n g iv e s o u t a n d w ill b r in g fo r t h g r o a n s .
F o r a s h o r t t im e , y o u w ill fe e l r e v iv e d ,
B u t h o ld o n t o o lo n g a n d y o u w o n ’t h a v e s u r v iv e d .
It m a y g e t y o u t h r o u g h w h e n t h e t im e s a r e t o u g h ,
B u t t o g e t y o u t o h e a v e n it w o n ’t b e e n o u g h .
J e a lo u s y is s a lt w a t e r, it m a k e s y o u w a n t m o r e ,
B u t u n le s s y o u g iv e it u p it w ill m a k e y o u p o o r.
It m a k e s y o u d e s p is e o t h e r s , s e e t h e m a s d u s t ,
B u t w h a t ’s r e a lly f r u it le s s is y o u r o w n s e lfi s h lu s t .
Yo u c a n ’t g e t t o h e a v e n b y w a n t in g s o m e o n e ’s s a lv a t io n
If y o u c o u ld w o u ld n ’t it s a y s o in R e v e la t io n ?
S o w h a t m a k e s o n e r ic h , a n d b r in g s fo r t h w e a lt h ,
W h a t is t h e s e c r e t t o g o o d h e a lt h ?
L o v e a n d fo r g iv e n e s s , t h a t ’s w h e r e t h e t r e a s u r e lie s ,
B e g o o d t o p e o p le a n d n e v e r d e s p is e .
T h r o w a w a y a n g e r, la y a s id e s t r ife ,
B u t e v e n t h is w o n ’t b r in g e t e r n a l life .
T h e r e ’s o n ly o n e w a y , a n d it is n ’t b e in g g o o d ,
T h o u g h I’m n o t s a y in g y o u s h o u ld n ’t , c u z y o u s h o u ld .
T h e w a y is t o m a k e H im S a v io r a n d L o r d ,
D o t h is a n d b e s a v e d f r o m t h e t e r r o r o f t h e s w o r d .
K e e p t h is a d v ic e , it w ill s e t y o u f r e e ,
A n d y o u ’ll fi n d y o u r s e lf h a p p ie r w h e n y o u r e a c h e t e r n it y .