If I Had

Scott Whitby, 2022

If I had an hour with you

I'd do my best to hear it all

You'd tell me why the babies smile

Why leaves are green then they fall

You'd tell me why Jesus died

In a way I could understand

Why everyone who thinks they know

Don't even know what He really said

I'd ask you just hard questions

With the little time we have

Answers I can't live without

Answers I need to know right now

If I had a day with you

We'd learn who we really are

We'd walk and talk and cry and laugh

And wait for the evening star

You could tell why you think your way

And why that's beautiful to me

I'd tell you of all the faces

Yours is the one I see

Then when that best day is over

Before I sleep if I even can

I'll lay awake and ask the dark

Should I have held your hand?

If I had a year with you and

If you liked the things about me

We could explore the other things

We could feel what most don't see

I'd learn what I shouldn't say

You'd learn what makes me sad

We'd find being quiet could be good

We'd know we understand

Somewhere along the way

When our year is almost done

I'll write my poems for you to sing

I'll wonder if you're the one

If I had a life with you

One that never ends

Would it be as good as this?

The one we have as friends?

Would I take you for granted?

Would I still love your beautiful mind?

Would you even want to tell me

The answers I couldn't find?

Would I like the way you think?

Would I trust you understand?

Would I see the other faces?

Would you want to hold my hand?