I've lived in 1987 for the past two months,141Please respect copyright.PENANA9yhQXQuxDN
Every waking moment and in my every dream,141Please respect copyright.PENANAdIIYaAr6Wy
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,141Please respect copyright.PENANA1UcBrvNWJf
As is still the case although the work is now done.141Please respect copyright.PENANAyfjj5cupJ7
141Please respect copyright.PENANAUd7eolLT1C
Idealistic young lawyer,141Please respect copyright.PENANAY1xk1qDhm0
In his first posting as a dean,141Please respect copyright.PENANAHFpJ3N39YD
In a for-profit business school,141Please respect copyright.PENANApVAa0hgliJ
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.141Please respect copyright.PENANA1NhLodm7WL
141Please respect copyright.PENANAjs4YE3DJV7
Worked very long hours,141Please respect copyright.PENANAjhQVVXLR6D
To change what was wrong,141Please respect copyright.PENANAq3YgZu2ZUw
Achieved great success,141Please respect copyright.PENANAAFklG6Zo0n
Which all came to naught.141Please respect copyright.PENANAk9Pwrvrsg3
141Please respect copyright.PENANAjoxRrF1hx8
Made friends while tilting at windmills,141Please respect copyright.PENANAehiRyBCkbF
Stubbornly refusing to accept,141Please respect copyright.PENANAA33D0LqnSi
That which could be changed through simple hard work,141Please respect copyright.PENANAsu4lSZu7rP
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.141Please respect copyright.PENANAhkE0i0AEvt
141Please respect copyright.PENANApSLsRFUeUK
A classic clash of missions and visions,141Please respect copyright.PENANAqAKV5dNBES
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,141Please respect copyright.PENANAP8YcJGDXrO
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,141Please respect copyright.PENANAlFLXe5HgVc
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.141Please respect copyright.PENANASigIVJBtTw
141Please respect copyright.PENANABHZigd1ahN
I implemented meaningful changes,141Please respect copyright.PENANAGEl58H0iE9
That brought unintended consequences,141Please respect copyright.PENANAfgVMpiXYyM
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,141Please respect copyright.PENANAP7nBzWXY9q
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.141Please respect copyright.PENANAMK6Kn5tvkq
141Please respect copyright.PENANAiOmMgSaVtC
And I learned critical lessons,141Please respect copyright.PENANAsqwWpkoGiq
Not just about an industry I did not know,141Please respect copyright.PENANATjzHcZyc5X
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,141Please respect copyright.PENANAoT520EUhxp
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.141Please respect copyright.PENANAHJRxR6ym5y
141Please respect copyright.PENANALBh4thWLkB
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,141Please respect copyright.PENANAU0qJRPFs2u
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,141Please respect copyright.PENANAyBph9XLW4c
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,141Please respect copyright.PENANA9nojEAHmQS
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.141Please respect copyright.PENANAmP2eXhpVDf
141Please respect copyright.PENANA4OLGq94dwp
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,141Please respect copyright.PENANA2VfcuiXaRU
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,141Please respect copyright.PENANAK3zgztvXbJ
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,141Please respect copyright.PENANAcvhnjGhZob
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.141Please respect copyright.PENANAVFp7n0IWNa
141Please respect copyright.PENANAMu29Hj7kXw
Scars long ago faded opened up anew,141Please respect copyright.PENANAJolmpDT76v
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,141Please respect copyright.PENANAdy9qAaNtjb
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,141Please respect copyright.PENANAeGXQwnY8kV
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.141Please respect copyright.PENANA5WEs9GTCiA
141Please respect copyright.PENANAlXjPjPhbf9
After two decades of gestation,141Please respect copyright.PENANAXCZUpq4rgo
I've now given birth to my first child,141Please respect copyright.PENANA7LTps7GEzT
The afterbirth has been cleaned,141Please respect copyright.PENANAz7zXd3hrOe
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.141Please respect copyright.PENANAvmJ8Owi2KT
141Please respect copyright.PENANAkMsbt0jf0i
I fell in love with her the moment141Please respect copyright.PENANAWLTUxUSJ1h
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes141Please respect copyright.PENANA5FduZ8aNCq
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped141Please respect copyright.PENANAmjA6vmN6z7
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.141Please respect copyright.PENANAxMnNGirypp
141Please respect copyright.PENANAMz7wLYE5k1
Now I'm searching for a literary agent141Please respect copyright.PENANADGjQuisOSz
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl141Please respect copyright.PENANAJKAidex0Le
Hoping they will love her141Please respect copyright.PENANAwNEEKRSQC2
But knowing they may not.141Please respect copyright.PENANAuhXbrGgQnB
141Please respect copyright.PENANAF71bFkvw5f
If I can't send her off to finishing school,141Please respect copyright.PENANA50jEnc6CFo
I will home school her, teach her all I know,141Please respect copyright.PENANAOiCId5ncBt
And ready her as best I can to face the world,141Please respect copyright.PENANAALP71O0eO4
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.141Please respect copyright.PENANAqZv02mc46S
141Please respect copyright.PENANASXeWW2m0vX
If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,141Please respect copyright.PENANAVcnqrWJxUG
In a year or so if life will allow it,141Please respect copyright.PENANAnZ2nTKuG6n
My heart is large and still has room,141Please respect copyright.PENANA5RV2RKUdTg
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.141Please respect copyright.PENANAqnmAUga7BC
141Please respect copyright.PENANA273PrKQH1D
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,141Please respect copyright.PENANAdIIYaAr6Wy
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,141Please respect copyright.PENANA1UcBrvNWJf
As is still the case although the work is now done.141Please respect copyright.PENANAyfjj5cupJ7
141Please respect copyright.PENANAUd7eolLT1C
Idealistic young lawyer,141Please respect copyright.PENANAY1xk1qDhm0
In his first posting as a dean,141Please respect copyright.PENANAHFpJ3N39YD
In a for-profit business school,141Please respect copyright.PENANApVAa0hgliJ
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.141Please respect copyright.PENANA1NhLodm7WL
141Please respect copyright.PENANAjs4YE3DJV7
Worked very long hours,141Please respect copyright.PENANAjhQVVXLR6D
To change what was wrong,141Please respect copyright.PENANAq3YgZu2ZUw
Achieved great success,141Please respect copyright.PENANAAFklG6Zo0n
Which all came to naught.141Please respect copyright.PENANAk9Pwrvrsg3
141Please respect copyright.PENANAjoxRrF1hx8
Made friends while tilting at windmills,141Please respect copyright.PENANAehiRyBCkbF
Stubbornly refusing to accept,141Please respect copyright.PENANAA33D0LqnSi
That which could be changed through simple hard work,141Please respect copyright.PENANAsu4lSZu7rP
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.141Please respect copyright.PENANAhkE0i0AEvt
141Please respect copyright.PENANApSLsRFUeUK
A classic clash of missions and visions,141Please respect copyright.PENANAqAKV5dNBES
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,141Please respect copyright.PENANAP8YcJGDXrO
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,141Please respect copyright.PENANAlFLXe5HgVc
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.141Please respect copyright.PENANASigIVJBtTw
141Please respect copyright.PENANABHZigd1ahN
I implemented meaningful changes,141Please respect copyright.PENANAGEl58H0iE9
That brought unintended consequences,141Please respect copyright.PENANAfgVMpiXYyM
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,141Please respect copyright.PENANAP7nBzWXY9q
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.141Please respect copyright.PENANAMK6Kn5tvkq
141Please respect copyright.PENANAiOmMgSaVtC
And I learned critical lessons,141Please respect copyright.PENANAsqwWpkoGiq
Not just about an industry I did not know,141Please respect copyright.PENANATjzHcZyc5X
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,141Please respect copyright.PENANAoT520EUhxp
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.141Please respect copyright.PENANAHJRxR6ym5y
141Please respect copyright.PENANALBh4thWLkB
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,141Please respect copyright.PENANAU0qJRPFs2u
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,141Please respect copyright.PENANAyBph9XLW4c
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,141Please respect copyright.PENANA9nojEAHmQS
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.141Please respect copyright.PENANAmP2eXhpVDf
141Please respect copyright.PENANA4OLGq94dwp
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,141Please respect copyright.PENANA2VfcuiXaRU
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,141Please respect copyright.PENANAK3zgztvXbJ
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,141Please respect copyright.PENANAcvhnjGhZob
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.141Please respect copyright.PENANAVFp7n0IWNa
141Please respect copyright.PENANAMu29Hj7kXw
Scars long ago faded opened up anew,141Please respect copyright.PENANAJolmpDT76v
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,141Please respect copyright.PENANAdy9qAaNtjb
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,141Please respect copyright.PENANAeGXQwnY8kV
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.141Please respect copyright.PENANA5WEs9GTCiA
141Please respect copyright.PENANAlXjPjPhbf9
After two decades of gestation,141Please respect copyright.PENANAXCZUpq4rgo
I've now given birth to my first child,141Please respect copyright.PENANA7LTps7GEzT
The afterbirth has been cleaned,141Please respect copyright.PENANAz7zXd3hrOe
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.141Please respect copyright.PENANAvmJ8Owi2KT
141Please respect copyright.PENANAkMsbt0jf0i
I fell in love with her the moment141Please respect copyright.PENANAWLTUxUSJ1h
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes141Please respect copyright.PENANA5FduZ8aNCq
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped141Please respect copyright.PENANAmjA6vmN6z7
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.141Please respect copyright.PENANAxMnNGirypp
141Please respect copyright.PENANAMz7wLYE5k1
Now I'm searching for a literary agent141Please respect copyright.PENANADGjQuisOSz
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl141Please respect copyright.PENANAJKAidex0Le
Hoping they will love her141Please respect copyright.PENANAwNEEKRSQC2
But knowing they may not.141Please respect copyright.PENANAuhXbrGgQnB
141Please respect copyright.PENANAF71bFkvw5f
If I can't send her off to finishing school,141Please respect copyright.PENANA50jEnc6CFo
I will home school her, teach her all I know,141Please respect copyright.PENANAOiCId5ncBt
And ready her as best I can to face the world,141Please respect copyright.PENANAALP71O0eO4
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.141Please respect copyright.PENANAqZv02mc46S
141Please respect copyright.PENANASXeWW2m0vX
If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,141Please respect copyright.PENANAVcnqrWJxUG
In a year or so if life will allow it,141Please respect copyright.PENANAnZ2nTKuG6n
My heart is large and still has room,141Please respect copyright.PENANA5RV2RKUdTg
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.141Please respect copyright.PENANAqnmAUga7BC
141Please respect copyright.PENANA273PrKQH1D
You can hear me read this poem in my newest poetry reading (of just this poem) here:

141Please respect copyright.PENANAKxIJvcYzCy
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