If I could love you

If I could love you from afar
Would it still be love: somehow
Would my adoration seem enough?
If I could love you: give you my vow
If I worshipped that very ground
That you had walked upon
Would you still know me?
Though I followed far behind...
If I could tell you how much I cared?
Explain the reasons: would I be spared?
Would you feel thankful?
Would you feel angered: that I so dared?
If I could see you far up ahead?
Would you wait for me?
Or would you turn your face from me
Knowing that I could never succeed
Ah my Lord Jesus: though I follow
I am undeserving of your precious love
I see that distance between us: I know
You are my saviour: I am but your shadow