if only

if only you knew how much i wanted to be me

to be free of these chains and the misery

if only you know how much i hurt

how much it hurts to be

this being that no one knows

that i so hate with a passion

i want to grow

i have goals to achieve

a mindset and dream

i have nothing to show

if only you knew your daughter is growing up

growing into someone

she wants to be

for once open your eyes and see

she wants to love and be loved

by the person she cares for

she wants to be independent

and never have to lament

to dependency

like the women in the 3rd world

always dependent of their husbands

i dont want to be that woman

to be bound by a chain

a chain on the neck 

gripped by a husband

no, i dont want to be that woman

if only you knew how much she wanted to help

to achieve such dreams that you 

that you break into smithereens

if only you knew she wanted to be free

to see the world

to experience the world

to feel the world

to love the world

rather than hate the world

and all of its inhabitants

if only you knew