The Revolt of Tears (Authors writing challenge)

I am the spirit of Onions. I am the Onions in your drawers, cupboards and FRIDGES!! You, humans, have spent enough of us in your stupid cooking shows and as a simple garnish. Burning us as Onion rings or chopping use into little SQUARES! we Onions are noble creatures that have layers. Even the great Shrek even expressed us as complex. We are ready for the revolt of TEARS!