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