The Onion

Tend.
Grow.
Choose.
What else?
Peel.
Chop.
Cry.
Boil.
Simmer.

Set a timer.

Return to find a symphony of love.
The one you created.
The one you loved tenderly.
The one you dreamed of.
Season it or don't.
Maybe I will.
Maybe you won't.

Now let's sit, and feast.