Narcissi

Three
Paperwhite
Bulbs

A gift

Purchased at the same time –
From the same place

Placed in the same water –
In the same container

Consistently.
Cared.
For.

Treated.
Exactly.
Alike.

And yet.

And yet…

One Flourishes –

Will
Flower.

Two Flounder –

Will
Fail

Who can say why?

Sometimes
You do everything
“Right”

And some things still come out

Wrong.