Created by Nicolette Tura, 10/24/20

The Manifesto

I am the pearl

I was once hardened and closed off

I shut the door

I was a treasure inside 

And yet I was the only one who didn’t see it.

Do you resonate?

I am like the moon

Shifting and full

Shifting and dark

Shifting and all the shapes and slices of light through a time 

That stands still

And moves

The illusion of time

The illusion of me

I wanted so bad to be kissed by the boy who saw me

I pined so hard for that boy to love me

I was out of power waiting

and dreaming

to be someone’s darling

That darling was me

for me 

I chased long nights

And cried many days

The moon was always there

As was the pearl within

I even had fantasies of drowning the pain in the cleansing seafoam

Take me away from this place, I begged and pleaded -

I am an alien here

I don’t belong here

How does everyone know how to get it right

Why am the only one who doesn’t know how to do it

Television is so mischievous

It is entertainment for some

It can be a lifeline for others

I forgive that part

That part that learned distorted views of worthiness

That’s ok

I kiss you child

Your pearl

Your treasure within

Your heart of gold

You have softened that shell

Demolished the door

That kept you from the magic of yourself

That’s ok

I kiss that part of you

The seawater now cleanses you

The moonlight now holds you

You no longer have to run

Away from the demons within

They aren’t real

I kiss that part of you

My darling

All those parts of you

That longed to be kissed

Shame

Fear

Guilt

Isolation

All the pain

I kiss it gone

My darling

You are the answer

You are the pearl

You are the treasure

Only you can unlock this door

Let yourself out of the shell

To shine that pearlescent power

To awaken other pearls

Hardened by misperception

Hardened by striving for that kiss

The kiss of success defined narrowly and not available to all

The kiss of the perfect relationship that doesn’t exist

The kiss of the perfect body airbrushed and scalpeled

The kiss of impossible

Let’s all open the door

Break open the shell

That dims our light

Let the light radiate from our shells 

To illuminate the sea

Reflecting the moon’s love and light back to her

My darling, please join me?

Only you, Only me

Only we

LET'S HANG OUT ON THE REGULAR

CommUnity is Everything. It's not fun being stuck in our heads with the same tapes of 'I'm not enough' or the Comparison Track on repeat. You feel me right?