Inspiration often comes at the most unexpected times, and the current circumstances of our world are certainly unexpected. Nikki Wolf has worked at our IBVI facility in Janesville since 2014, but her love for poems goes all the way back to 1993, when she started writing them. Poetry (as well as photography) serves as an outlet for “when things are really weighing on my mind,” as she puts it.
Her time in quarantine earlier this year inspired her to write two beautiful poems, which she has shared with us here. We’re proud of Nikki and all of our employees who contribute greatly not just to our team, but to our society and world as a whole.
Quarantine 1
As I sit alone in my home
because of the stay at home order
as I try to stay in my 4 walls
as I go for walks in the sun alone each day
I pick a room to clean to declutter
my house this task long pushed aside is coming to the forefront
please stay home sweet home
for what really matters will change
For now we have to talk to people on the phone
Social Distancing is the new normal
for group gathering is not allowed
this quarantine will soon be over
A bleep in everyone’s memory
We will March on into April and May
Move on, 2020
Quarantine 2
The sun shining outside my window
As the days pass by the images blur in my mind
As my daily work routine has been flipped upside down
As I use to go out the door now,
some days I do not even open it
Trying to be positive
during this unfamiliar fear
time disappears while I sit in my chair
where did the day go
for now it is night with the street lights on
This month of being home
we will be grateful when we can roam…
and feeling of sadness
which consumes us occasionally during our time
alone
Tomorrow’s a new day
as I pray hope and kindness will guide the way
my home sweet home
I never will see it the same again.
Both poems written by Nikki Wolf
IBVI in Janesville
