ultimately there remains

underneath and outwardly 

respect builds continually 

while communities 

grow side by side

as they always stood

though expanding rules

within the air

to continually make

friends and colleagues 

-Jennie Nawrocki 

never surprising

how easily 

effected by

honest, heartfelt

emotions that

will dissolve 

previous misunderstandings

though will

be enough

to have a

created optimistic 

relationship interactions

-Jennie Nawrocki 

said with definity

though it may be

hidden within

there is something 

inside compelling 

never lost

only to be found

nurtured and expanded

is the ethical 

moral compassionate 

promise to others

-Jennie Nawrocki 

forever gone

never here

forgotten and

lost among

nothing and

everything around

left and right 

there ain’t nothing 

whether invisible 

or disappeared 

evaporated into air

unseen and unknown 

forever gone

-Jennie Nawrocki 

regardless of weather 

the flat surface 

supported underneath 

outside it stays

for all sit

upon its steady

broad top

animals, people 

fallen leaves

at times

everyone and everything 

even have 

utilized the

versatility of 

the bench

-Jennie Nawrocki 

several blocks

or barely one

they trace

outsides of buildings 

homes of people or

businesses small

and large

viewed from

their window displays 

relating things 

important for customers 

or those

just walking

down the street

-Jennie Nawrocki 

lanes meeting 

touching corners 

opposite sides

face one another 

wanting to travel

across the square 

edges so defined

waiting for

lights green

yellow or red

to give 

them the signal

to proceed

across the intersection 

-Jennie Nawrocki 

see it

before your eyes

something unheard of

spontaneous thought

an unknown creation

formed completely 

maybe out of necessity 

perhaps by accident 

whatever the origin 

here we have

something unbelievable 

-Jennie Nawrocki 

 from her body

developing slowly

she gave us our existence 

through extreme pain

all was forgotten 

when the being

small and delicate

was born

and from that

moment on she knew

she was a role model

a protector, a teacher

but most of all 

she was a mother

-Jennie Nawrocki 

a slight movement 

tightness scrunches

inside muscles

increasing intensity 

until finally

it relaxes

wondering when

if ever

it will 

come again

-Jennie Nawrocki