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Rose-Colored Glasses

June 8, 2012
By Claire_Writer SILVER, Rock Island, Illinois
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Favorite Quote:
"Per aspera ad astra!" ("Through difficulties, to the stars!")

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My Aunt Imena bequeathed me with
a peculiar pair of spectacles before
she passed on;
rosy was the color that glinted on
the glass;
“Only you,” she gasped;
“can decide how you see
the world.”

© Jami U., West Hempstead, NY

The author's comments:
Note: The name Imena means "a dream". I try to put symbolism into my poems.
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