Onion

Little by little

She peels away

Skin, after skin

One more layer

“It’ll come today!”

Optimistic onion, her

She peers inside,

Timid glance wide

Curious as cats-

“It should’ve come today!”

But it didn’t, indeed

No thing to feel.

Of course she’d

Sit to breathe

Or pause for tea

But the peeling

The searching

Ah, Never ceased

Dig now and well,

until you die!

The wise man had said

with tears in his eyes

She'd nodded

and Learnt! waiting

for her turn...

But it never did come

Poor thing, that girl!

So,

Pause to breathe

Gulp all the tea

Now or Never and

none to feel

Peel n’ peel

n’ peel desperately

maniacally scream

Stop to heave

Spill the tea

Break the cup

Skip a meal

“But today it will...”

Oh heavens, please!

Sweet child, go to sleep.

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-samjam

Explanation ig:

It's based on a very simple and common idea that we as a species are always searching for something. Some meaning or purpose or whatever unicorn nonsense and you know what. Why bother digging so much. It's just stressful sometimes and "wise" people will ask you to find yourself when they themselves have no clue what's going on. It's okay. Sometimes you live just to live. To eat and poo poo. Why won't we let ourselves simply live without trying to be productive and do "meaningful" things all the time. Sometimes you just gotta lie down and stare at the ceiling for five hours straight. It's okay. Do it. We're gonna die anyway who cares. Hell to unicorns I'm going back to napping, thanks.