We want others to help yet we never ask
     We want love yet never accept each other
     We want to look ahead yet we judge the past
     We want peace yet we cause strife with one another

     We want unity yet we cause division
     We want sharing yet we ourselves are selfish
     We want honesty yet we speak forked
     We want to be satisfied yet we always wish

     We want to be loved yet we hate ourselves
     We want to know everything yet we know nothing
     We want communication yet we never speak
     We want acceptance yet we are always bickering

     We want popularity yet we isolate ourselves
     We want warmth yet we ourselves are cold
     We want privacy yet we snoop
     We want open hearts yet we withhold

     We want to be believed yet we are dishonest
     We want trust yet we never commit
     We want to look at others yet never ourselves
     We want humbleness yet we never submit

     We want money yet we never work
     We want forgiveness yet we hold a grudge
     We want simplicity yet we are always difficult
     We want change yet we always judge

     We want relationships yet we stay enemies
     We want honor yet we tear others down
     We want happiness yet we are not joyous
     We want a smile yet we always frown

     We want God yet we are missing Jesus
     We want laws yet we fail to follow commandments
     We want the cross yet we seek revenge
     We want the blessings yet we miss the nourishments

     Why is that we want so much yet give so little
     God wanted His Son Jesus yet He gave Him up to die
     He allowed Jesus to be humiliated with slander
     Before being slowly murdered on a cross for you and I

     The next time you become self-centered with wants
     Perhaps you should allow your thoughts to sway
     What is it that you really need in this short lived life
     Only to remember the blood that dripped that day