I am the Onion

 Sad Onion

Yes, I am writing a post about an Onion, I am the Onion or you're the Onion, in fact everyone is the Onion. What's all this about? Well on this diploma course and in all my reading, the onion gets mentioned a lot. Below, I have quoted a few quotes, that highlight this, they are just some of many references to the stinky globe like vegetable in poetry and literature. Did you know that the Egyptians worshipped the Onion,believing that its spherical shape and concentric rings symbolized eternal life. To me it goes a long way to explaining what counselling is all about, peeling back those layers and seeing what is underneath. In some cases you are uncovering past traumas that are affecting the here and now, in other cases you are searching for yourself. For some reason I decided to write a poem, not sure why, maybe because it was easier to write that way? Oh and doodles of course! Let me know what you think.

Quotable Quotes:

“Life is like an onion: you peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep”
Carl Sandburg quotes (American Historian, Poet and Novelist, 1878-1967)

“Life is an onion and one peels it crying”
French Proverb quotes

“Life is like an onion: you peel off layer after layer and then you find there is nothing in it”
James Gibbons Huneker quotes

"It's toughest to forgive ourselves. So it's probably best to start with other people. It's almost like peeling an onion. Layer by layer, forgiving others, you really do get to the point where you can forgive yourself."
Patty Duke

The Poem

I am the Onion

When you peel back the layers,

will you like what you see?

I am the Onion

I may cause you tears,

but will you still like me?

I am the onion,

It's dark in the ground,

will you dig me out?

I am the onion,

My roots, like feelings, grow deep,

but sometimes I scream and shout.

I am the onion

If I get dropped,

will you pick me off the floor?

I am the onion,

I am all these things,

and so much more.

I am the onion.

Happy Onion