I've lived in 1987 for the past two months,156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpntqKEiCRV
Every waking moment and in my every dream,156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ95B4QBB9Ei
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeyBqEl3jnl
As is still the case although the work is now done.156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK6o7leGysR
156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGxigLJ9EL
Idealistic young lawyer,156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4d9xKfrc4g
In his first posting as a dean,156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS9uw9YVobA
In a for-profit business school,156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPCeusL6qIw
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNzNzgfJqc
156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡffDOaEKokr
Worked very long hours,156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKRsSBEdcR
To change what was wrong,156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ547E813iQc
Achieved great success,156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡedARDTxElS
Which all came to naught.156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS2EB60dNys
156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOSpOkhtA3C
Made friends while tilting at windmills,156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7QWLfW9m8r
Stubbornly refusing to accept,156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX445dyzXZx
That which could be changed through simple hard work,156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLSV5uoSYh
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXZ7Er4E39
156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjzcWcM7HgC
A classic clash of missions and visions,156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NTjprw71B
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF0FkVlFRlE
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCnkFBnpgkS
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PxI0OdTgO
156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjbooAchLn
I implemented meaningful changes,156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBveiVXurIP
That brought unintended consequences,156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCiyYMgdRTV
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd13tDiUFpp
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGcNHz52g2o
156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvYRxv7Hf46
And I learned critical lessons,156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe5aCUeFiE8
Not just about an industry I did not know,156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiNijnPKumR
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccubMivDUN
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXO1pSEB6Zh
156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfCfBCbOX8
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRPAdA40D9J
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVthMCIAg3
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeqZKLWdq2e
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡriVcVTc9vl
156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ik2OPYHxt
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEa8w98EQXT
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVL3DAmioW
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkUCFS1jR6s
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwxwPUVFYg
156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxunXB5RAL
Scars long ago faded opened up anew,156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7oaMcVAU7p
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAAlpM74Ct7
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOvAEN5JZP
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvshluwHWOJ
156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUf7h5xRJiw
After two decades of gestation,156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHopGGerhW
I've now given birth to my first child,156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1lNA03VSOb
The afterbirth has been cleaned,156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz6XYHC1uMa
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZrUs9Nwk1
156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUUhhTZaRLK
I fell in love with her the moment156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEV1lZ6J7Cu
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrFKO4L8bTH
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ33mF81I0ef
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgddGK29TRg
156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64IAutvAB5
Now I'm searching for a literary agent156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7raZuyoMgD
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0EsT18OKg
Hoping they will love her156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzQaABhT2d
But knowing they may not.156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnnwKfybrZf
156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvN3IZiQgk
If I can't send her off to finishing school,156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡScvmhqXY0T
I will home school her, teach her all I know,156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡguyUpqoxgG
And ready her as best I can to face the world,156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0xi81MNlF5
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7P1cFb0ta
156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2MxFVgKe7p
If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8QeFRtrCzw
In a year or so if life will allow it,156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8JKgwl1Q3
My heart is large and still has room,156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfUPV9irl39
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUng8jm4Xx
156Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTZnMwBbXp
You can hear me read this poem in my newest poetry reading (of just this poem) here: