Peeling an onion

I peel the onion, first paper thin protective brown skin. Then layer after layer of onion. At this activity I cry. It is a regular onion and not Vidalia. Layers are getting smaller the same as the onion. What is inside after I peel everything? Nothing. Nothing is left but on the side a small pile of pungent onion skins. Copyright (c) Marie Neumann February 2014 assignment