Life is Like an Onion

by Joy Kachel
 

My life is so full of sugar and spice,

Of sage and mugwort and myrrh.

It’s packed with loads of sour and sweet,

But bitter I seem to prefer.
 

I find myself jumping from the pan to the fire,

From hot tin roof to griddle.

But always I follow my heart’s desire,

ever seeking resolve to the riddle.

Sometimes I think it will never end,

this search for the truth at my core.

I just keep peeling the layers off,

And there always seems to be more.

My life appears to expand and enlarge,

to grow deeper and more profound.

But just when my basement and closets look bare

I discover more bones that are hanging around.

Do we ever get done with this process of clearing?

Does this onion really have a core?

Or do we just keep on removing the blocks

‘Till there isn’t anyTHING any more?

 Joy Kachel
03/30/1998

Joy can be reached at her website http://www.heartfulhealing.com