Treasures

We have treasures to offer
To others I am told.
Pearls, more valuable than platinum or gold.

All too often, we give them away
Squandered, wasted, misspent, some would say
And that which was free, unearned, on the house
Has no value to a villainous, bloodsucking louse.

Along came another and you gave them away
And that which was free has no value today!