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Poems from Nikki Wolf

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.

Photograph of pink flowers taken by Nikki Wolf

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.
Photograph of pink heart flowers, taken by Nikki Wolf

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  

 

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