yearn

(a) wish very strongly, especially something that has been denied, lost, or separated; long for with tender feeling

(b) want to do very much; be unable to wait; be eager to do

We yearn for world peace.
They yearn for true independence.
I yearn for you.
I yearn for that time.
I yearn for Michael Jackson.
I yearn for my hometown. ー I long for a sight of my home. ー How I long for a sight of my native land.
She yearned for her husband to come home from the front(=battle zones).
She yearns to return to home.
He yearns to know the truth. ー He wants to know the truth very much. ー He has a yearning to know the truth.
She yearns to be a pianist. ー She wants to be a pianist very much. ー She has a yearning to be a pianist.