Zinnias

Zinnias, like us all,

Randomly tossed together seeds in the same pot.

Close.

Some flowers stand tall.

Some small peeking out at the edges

Colors in pinks from pale to darker rose,

A few in salmon.

Some with one row of almost horizontal petals.

Other petals curled u- shaped ,

With layer upon layer reaching toward the sky.

All blooms laced with yellow stamens,

Some bright some barely yellow,

With pink center pistils.

One tiny blossom, with  bent stem,

Leaves furled and  curled from striving but surviving under an adjacent table.

Still blooming,

All the same.

Leaves basic v- shaped,

 But some light, some dark green,

 One leaf has holes where something nibbled.

All have some dried leaves from a hot day when we didn’t water.

After a brief summer rain, all look cheery,

Even,

In the same pot!