Known Stranger

Self-awareness is an onion. Full of layers. What appears and what is, depends on what it goes through. As one peels it, a pungent smell spreads, and tears drop out. Each layer, fried at an appropriate heat for a specified time, leads to the realistic value of the onion.

banana-like plant

pearls of pain

through every layer

plantain flower ...

known self at times

turns into a stranger