An onion...Harmless
In its tough outer skin.
Peel the first layer
And something fresh is revealed.
A different colour for a
Different character.
As each layer is peeled away
Another is revealed.
A new skin to replace the old.
Another wall to protect
Both the Core from the Outside
And the Outside
From the Core
Yet with the removal
Of each wall,
A defence is breached.
Layer by layer
The Core draws closer,
Waiting...
Craving to be exposed,
Yet terrified of discovery.
No longer harmless
Without its skin to
Protect it.
by ruella (http://ruella.deviantart.com/art/Tears-of-an-Onion-6338543)