if you only knew.

You think that you’re alone

No one cares, No one knows

You think you’re on your own

Meant to walk this lonely road

You accept the pain and shame

As if they were your very name

You think you know yourself

And all you are is what you’ve been

You’ve heard them say fearfully and wonderfully made

But secretly wonder if you’re just a mistake

If they only knew what goes on inside your pretty little head

If they only knew “the real you”

You live day to day as if this silent misery

This constant internal isolation is your destiny

* For just a moment, close your eyes

And hear me out – above the lies

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Because I believe, that you don’t really know it all

If you only knew that you are seen

That you are heard, that you are not forgotten

If you only knew that your tears matter

And your dreams – they’re treasures

If you only knew that the emptiness you feel is not by defect, but by design

If you only knew that the needs deeply buried inside your heart

Were not put there to be ignored, but to be fulfilled

If you only knew that the desert wasteland you have resigned yourself to

Is actually not your intended reality

If you only knew that you could be saturated and drenched in unconditional love

If you only knew that there was hope for you

Not your family, not your friend, not your sister – but for you

*If you only knew that you were purposed for so much more than just survival

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Would it change the way you walk?

Would it change the way you smile?

Would the light return to your eyes and confidence creep into your voice?

Would you live your head? Would you dance? Would you sing?

I wonder, what you would do – if you only knew

Now before you tune me out, shake your head, and walk away

Please allow your heart to hear the final thing I have to say

“If you only knew” is not a matter of information, knowledge, or random facts

“If you only knew” is not the grand sum of the qualities that you possess

I’m not talking about random compliments or empty words to store inside your head

* See, when I say “If you only knew,”

I’m not talking about a something, but a someone, instead

He’s the truth that you need, the hope that you crave

The joy that you long for, and the love that silences your fear

* I believe – that if you only knew

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If you only knew Him

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It would change everything

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