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"Craving for Change" by Nigella O'Connell

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January 15th, 2026

Craving for Change

by Nigella O'Connell

The smell of the sun and the gasping while drinking water, 
The shoe prints have changed and the screams are higher.
New pairs of hands and newer ideas and explorers swarm around
better than us as kids. 
Out for the whole day, 
in getting our plans straight. 
Lives have been turned over to the new kids who carry our screams,
our ambitions and childhood. 
We're no longer the ones up at dawn putting shoes on, 
We're the ones getting up at dawn to get a slip of paper
with our names on a big stage, 
The ones craving to leave shoe prints for one moment of time
before we're stuck in the social cage,
the ones craving for change. 

About the Poet
Nigella O'Connell resides in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Read the poet's biography and Young Poets World publications on Nigella O'Connell's Artist Page.

Young Poets Collection
This poem is also featured in Young Poets Collection #1, published in the Young Poets World Library.

Keywords: new kids, social cage, craving change

Previously published in Young Poets 16 to 18:
This is the first poem published.

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