I've lived in 1987 for the past two months,134Please respect copyright.PENANAMdYUm8gT3G
Every waking moment and in my every dream,134Please respect copyright.PENANAImb1bLjAnP
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,134Please respect copyright.PENANAPGgESKYH15
As is still the case although the work is now done.134Please respect copyright.PENANAVZGCJs5Ndl
134Please respect copyright.PENANAvjTSYgbWrZ
Idealistic young lawyer,134Please respect copyright.PENANA1AG4YsTtRI
In his first posting as a dean,134Please respect copyright.PENANAhIJvKWxU9l
In a for-profit business school,134Please respect copyright.PENANAS1UQCTpekK
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.134Please respect copyright.PENANAMdjPL4OoF8
134Please respect copyright.PENANA248kfA3aeE
Worked very long hours,134Please respect copyright.PENANAa7nFvdC49Z
To change what was wrong,134Please respect copyright.PENANAXAF43LZTs6
Achieved great success,134Please respect copyright.PENANAL6k2h0pbcX
Which all came to naught.134Please respect copyright.PENANAlbulDPhz65
134Please respect copyright.PENANA2yjUres7ZF
Made friends while tilting at windmills,134Please respect copyright.PENANAtl45k1PbbS
Stubbornly refusing to accept,134Please respect copyright.PENANAKCFs1vPExR
That which could be changed through simple hard work,134Please respect copyright.PENANA1W4ByEK4Oe
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.134Please respect copyright.PENANAWJmWBjGMDU
134Please respect copyright.PENANAxJJnmx5477
A classic clash of missions and visions,134Please respect copyright.PENANAC0tfQtioi3
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,134Please respect copyright.PENANAxkQ1HPEUyI
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,134Please respect copyright.PENANANeylfTaeii
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.134Please respect copyright.PENANA2Nahi1yDIQ
134Please respect copyright.PENANAfXPEapICKJ
I implemented meaningful changes,134Please respect copyright.PENANAjBz64njF8W
That brought unintended consequences,134Please respect copyright.PENANAZoKd1NIr05
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,134Please respect copyright.PENANAvs2RoYgWfb
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.134Please respect copyright.PENANAz7HUZr50dc
134Please respect copyright.PENANA0uG065rj3F
And I learned critical lessons,134Please respect copyright.PENANAqO7qdFbG4j
Not just about an industry I did not know,134Please respect copyright.PENANAxqAMwRodXY
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,134Please respect copyright.PENANATiMqgZPyjI
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.134Please respect copyright.PENANAeWd5Om6JAR
134Please respect copyright.PENANA0fGzAVTN1N
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,134Please respect copyright.PENANAfRMzyhQHTz
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,134Please respect copyright.PENANAJucTQ07xOV
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,134Please respect copyright.PENANALIM5nkAFqn
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.134Please respect copyright.PENANAQHiujNmDp7
134Please respect copyright.PENANA3BN2GyJqko
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,134Please respect copyright.PENANAaKA4SlGyKw
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,134Please respect copyright.PENANAjLfYEu9upI
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,134Please respect copyright.PENANAm6Z1gqSKjw
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.134Please respect copyright.PENANAWBRHpOB8AT
134Please respect copyright.PENANAiZVG6BXvMN
Scars long ago faded opened up anew,134Please respect copyright.PENANA9ibZNdB9Z4
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,134Please respect copyright.PENANAQixo1ledyi
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,134Please respect copyright.PENANAGCtp6c4xdd
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.134Please respect copyright.PENANAq5MalYksNv
134Please respect copyright.PENANAWIEWarpJYa
After two decades of gestation,134Please respect copyright.PENANAWyG3LiCeb1
I've now given birth to my first child,134Please respect copyright.PENANA4BupZz6r6G
The afterbirth has been cleaned,134Please respect copyright.PENANAxzQvurPSb1
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.134Please respect copyright.PENANApL23eme1Fv
134Please respect copyright.PENANA89CQE4EQg0
I fell in love with her the moment134Please respect copyright.PENANArenlugusw9
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes134Please respect copyright.PENANAefVrEg9uG6
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped134Please respect copyright.PENANAaLkJfQNOW9
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.134Please respect copyright.PENANAUvcmDPGfxg
134Please respect copyright.PENANAbKMcfvB1xz
Now I'm searching for a literary agent134Please respect copyright.PENANAdeCxFRh7Gs
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl134Please respect copyright.PENANAaOEpkO0cAd
Hoping they will love her134Please respect copyright.PENANAYepAaOIZJx
But knowing they may not.134Please respect copyright.PENANAEHdZwNXjRN
134Please respect copyright.PENANAiH0M5NjcCW
If I can't send her off to finishing school,134Please respect copyright.PENANAL87DrWeXOJ
I will home school her, teach her all I know,134Please respect copyright.PENANADIwCufjboU
And ready her as best I can to face the world,134Please respect copyright.PENANAkzOr0TmUkO
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.134Please respect copyright.PENANAoZ0c8HJXHN
134Please respect copyright.PENANANSUnvVlZF6
If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,134Please respect copyright.PENANA1bPLsWyfFR
In a year or so if life will allow it,134Please respect copyright.PENANANcwzZ6H63r
My heart is large and still has room,134Please respect copyright.PENANAopYd7FrpuE
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.134Please respect copyright.PENANAn3fGEhErlp
134Please respect copyright.PENANAUcLVB4s6Vu
You can hear me read this poem in my newest poetry reading (of just this poem) here:
Every waking moment and in my every dream,134Please respect copyright.PENANAImb1bLjAnP
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,134Please respect copyright.PENANAPGgESKYH15
As is still the case although the work is now done.134Please respect copyright.PENANAVZGCJs5Ndl
134Please respect copyright.PENANAvjTSYgbWrZ
Idealistic young lawyer,134Please respect copyright.PENANA1AG4YsTtRI
In his first posting as a dean,134Please respect copyright.PENANAhIJvKWxU9l
In a for-profit business school,134Please respect copyright.PENANAS1UQCTpekK
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.134Please respect copyright.PENANAMdjPL4OoF8
134Please respect copyright.PENANA248kfA3aeE
Worked very long hours,134Please respect copyright.PENANAa7nFvdC49Z
To change what was wrong,134Please respect copyright.PENANAXAF43LZTs6
Achieved great success,134Please respect copyright.PENANAL6k2h0pbcX
Which all came to naught.134Please respect copyright.PENANAlbulDPhz65
134Please respect copyright.PENANA2yjUres7ZF
Made friends while tilting at windmills,134Please respect copyright.PENANAtl45k1PbbS
Stubbornly refusing to accept,134Please respect copyright.PENANAKCFs1vPExR
That which could be changed through simple hard work,134Please respect copyright.PENANA1W4ByEK4Oe
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.134Please respect copyright.PENANAWJmWBjGMDU
134Please respect copyright.PENANAxJJnmx5477
A classic clash of missions and visions,134Please respect copyright.PENANAC0tfQtioi3
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,134Please respect copyright.PENANAxkQ1HPEUyI
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,134Please respect copyright.PENANANeylfTaeii
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.134Please respect copyright.PENANA2Nahi1yDIQ
134Please respect copyright.PENANAfXPEapICKJ
I implemented meaningful changes,134Please respect copyright.PENANAjBz64njF8W
That brought unintended consequences,134Please respect copyright.PENANAZoKd1NIr05
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,134Please respect copyright.PENANAvs2RoYgWfb
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.134Please respect copyright.PENANAz7HUZr50dc
134Please respect copyright.PENANA0uG065rj3F
And I learned critical lessons,134Please respect copyright.PENANAqO7qdFbG4j
Not just about an industry I did not know,134Please respect copyright.PENANAxqAMwRodXY
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,134Please respect copyright.PENANATiMqgZPyjI
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.134Please respect copyright.PENANAeWd5Om6JAR
134Please respect copyright.PENANA0fGzAVTN1N
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,134Please respect copyright.PENANAfRMzyhQHTz
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,134Please respect copyright.PENANAJucTQ07xOV
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,134Please respect copyright.PENANALIM5nkAFqn
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.134Please respect copyright.PENANAQHiujNmDp7
134Please respect copyright.PENANA3BN2GyJqko
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,134Please respect copyright.PENANAaKA4SlGyKw
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,134Please respect copyright.PENANAjLfYEu9upI
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,134Please respect copyright.PENANAm6Z1gqSKjw
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.134Please respect copyright.PENANAWBRHpOB8AT
134Please respect copyright.PENANAiZVG6BXvMN
Scars long ago faded opened up anew,134Please respect copyright.PENANA9ibZNdB9Z4
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,134Please respect copyright.PENANAQixo1ledyi
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,134Please respect copyright.PENANAGCtp6c4xdd
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.134Please respect copyright.PENANAq5MalYksNv
134Please respect copyright.PENANAWIEWarpJYa
After two decades of gestation,134Please respect copyright.PENANAWyG3LiCeb1
I've now given birth to my first child,134Please respect copyright.PENANA4BupZz6r6G
The afterbirth has been cleaned,134Please respect copyright.PENANAxzQvurPSb1
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.134Please respect copyright.PENANApL23eme1Fv
134Please respect copyright.PENANA89CQE4EQg0
I fell in love with her the moment134Please respect copyright.PENANArenlugusw9
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes134Please respect copyright.PENANAefVrEg9uG6
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped134Please respect copyright.PENANAaLkJfQNOW9
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.134Please respect copyright.PENANAUvcmDPGfxg
134Please respect copyright.PENANAbKMcfvB1xz
Now I'm searching for a literary agent134Please respect copyright.PENANAdeCxFRh7Gs
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl134Please respect copyright.PENANAaOEpkO0cAd
Hoping they will love her134Please respect copyright.PENANAYepAaOIZJx
But knowing they may not.134Please respect copyright.PENANAEHdZwNXjRN
134Please respect copyright.PENANAiH0M5NjcCW
If I can't send her off to finishing school,134Please respect copyright.PENANAL87DrWeXOJ
I will home school her, teach her all I know,134Please respect copyright.PENANADIwCufjboU
And ready her as best I can to face the world,134Please respect copyright.PENANAkzOr0TmUkO
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.134Please respect copyright.PENANAoZ0c8HJXHN
134Please respect copyright.PENANANSUnvVlZF6
If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,134Please respect copyright.PENANA1bPLsWyfFR
In a year or so if life will allow it,134Please respect copyright.PENANANcwzZ6H63r
My heart is large and still has room,134Please respect copyright.PENANAopYd7FrpuE
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.134Please respect copyright.PENANAn3fGEhErlp
134Please respect copyright.PENANAUcLVB4s6Vu
You can hear me read this poem in my newest poetry reading (of just this poem) here:

134Please respect copyright.PENANAAa3yeNJsm9
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