like onions
(let me say this again
on an overused cliche)
we peel our lives
layer by layer and we shed
tears
i have done it
and (let me say this once again)
i arrive at the core and
whew! (did you notice it?)
there is nothing worth seeing
there.
RIC S. BASTASA
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/peeling-life-layer-by-layer/
