If only

If only love could’ve been enough
instead of a distant dream.
If only you could’ve realized
The beauty we had all seen.
Instead you chose to live
in the pain of what had passed,
obscured and alone,
the truth hidden behind your mask.

If only I could’ve closed your eyes
to all the darkness you had seen.
If only I could’ve shed upon you the light
You had shown me.
If only hope had been enough
To keep you alive.
Because it only takes so long,
For the pain to start feeling good
when you’re trying to die.

Its not your past that I loved
But the soul you had within,
and the heart that hurt so much,
From your father’s sin.

If only I could’ve had the touch
that had healed.
Because once you tore open those wounds
they were never resealed.
If only I could’ve known,
how to recreate your life.
Because once you knew how to smile
without it feeling like a cut from a knife.

If only love could've been enough
to make your life
what you had imagined it could've been.

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If only