By Mia Ford, TIWP Student

Wishing, craving, all leading back to wanting,
wanting to understand the nature of human actions,
the action of hiding behind a smile,
but the feeling of seeking something more,
wanting a life full of beautiful magnolias,
a magnolia where each petal makes the nature’s blossom whole.

Each step taken, each breath exhaled
makes want overpower need.
Wanting.
Wanting like how all want to be approved
by one another.
Wanting.
Wanting like how moments once cherished
are now faded,
wishing for the repeat of a spotlight,
wanting to change the past to support the future,
wanting to know the difference.

How happiness and tears combine,
tears that were once shed from sorrow,
now freed by a joyful event,
craving knowledge of what to do,
what effect to make,
what step to take
and what path you shall create.