Wistful
WISHES left on your lips The mark of their wings. Regrets fly kites in your eyes.
Carl Sandburg
WISHES left on your lips The mark of their wings. Regrets fly kites in your eyes.
Carl Sandburg’s “Wistful” reads like a close, tender look at someone’s face. The speaker notices that wishes have rested briefly on the person’s lips, leaving a faint trace, like the mark of wings.
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