Zinnia a genus of plants of the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae. They are native to scrub and dry grassland in an area stretching from the Southwestern United States to South America, with a centre of diversity in Mexico. Wikipedia
Everywhere i have lived. Everywhere since i left a childhood to live as a young adult, whether in a flower pot or a patch of earth, i have planted Zinnias. Zinnias mean….I live here. Here…..I am. Back in the day i got the seed packet from the
dime store
then, anywhere. a drug store, grocery store, hardware, feed store, Walmart, anywhere. Everywhere has Zinnia Seeds.
this year they came in the mail as a gift a packet and i planted them behind the Black Eyed Susans then found them to be lost among those Black Eyed Susans and the myriad weed grasses. OR maybe even the seeds were eaten? But in the last month, as the Susans have completed their cycle and dried, there…..small and then stronger green plants and now…after all has been said and done, all through the 100 degrees days, they RISE. and
BLOOM
their Glorious forms, their blatant or subtle colours
and all the Questions and Concerns i
entertain
are answered by them. We ARE they say. We ARE, like you Are. Same. We are.
windthread 
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