False Pearls

The negatives are false pearls
flagging their missions 
attracting attention
to the flipside
the marriage of worlds
apart in mind
but whole when unfurled
now just baubles on a dress
tossed in a closet
with the other things
that previously mattered
that made you you
until you hatched 
and brought the naked 
to life
I say thank you to false pearls
to the shells of our world
bejeweled and irrelevant 
revealing the faux
frames the doorway
to truth 

~AEB