If Only You Knew

We meet once again,
Your face flushed, your hands clenched,
Unable to clearly tell me what the problem is,
Yet I've always known this would happen.
Your voice is hoarse and your eyes are red,
You're confused, and you blame it all on me.
I hear you ask "Don't you care about my pain?",
And I just think to myself "If only you knew".

We meet once again,
After you've been beaten and bruised,
Yearning to be redeemed from such abuse,
And you look to me for the umpteenth time,
Searching for the answers that I can't give you.
As I reach to take your hand, you pull away,
Saying, "You're not big enough to heal me",
And all I can say is, "If only you knew".

We meet once again,
You've come just as far as I knew you would,
Through the suffering and through the darkness,
To find me in the most perfect place.
I always knew you'd come back to me like this,
Strongly standing in My Name alone,
And you smile at me as if to say, "Father, aren't You proud?"
"My child, if only you knew".