I've lived in 1987 for the past two months,139Please respect copyright.PENANAhR0rnPmQsY
Every waking moment and in my every dream,139Please respect copyright.PENANArRCoBnE84a
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,139Please respect copyright.PENANAWJGKPf9uX0
As is still the case although the work is now done.139Please respect copyright.PENANAPZt1sG4wDe
139Please respect copyright.PENANAvtlvGiqt7F
Idealistic young lawyer,139Please respect copyright.PENANAbIjjM8T4Hq
In his first posting as a dean,139Please respect copyright.PENANA825ATwwF7u
In a for-profit business school,139Please respect copyright.PENANADbyExgBaPe
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.139Please respect copyright.PENANAfkRlRa661n
139Please respect copyright.PENANAa7v5WGkWNT
Worked very long hours,139Please respect copyright.PENANANbKRihOWuh
To change what was wrong,139Please respect copyright.PENANAA8XMd2hL7q
Achieved great success,139Please respect copyright.PENANA2TWkx1P9Z6
Which all came to naught.139Please respect copyright.PENANAh5IIcCqFTL
139Please respect copyright.PENANAiUgrCYpRMn
Made friends while tilting at windmills,139Please respect copyright.PENANAxMB1FqYhOi
Stubbornly refusing to accept,139Please respect copyright.PENANAnaZkW3penb
That which could be changed through simple hard work,139Please respect copyright.PENANAaytzSNxTfU
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.139Please respect copyright.PENANA7tiFKcPhaC
139Please respect copyright.PENANAo7xxPRZXxp
A classic clash of missions and visions,139Please respect copyright.PENANAVMczxq4znR
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,139Please respect copyright.PENANAvTHVNV9Hpd
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,139Please respect copyright.PENANArR2s93ulti
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.139Please respect copyright.PENANAXurrf9nKdo
139Please respect copyright.PENANAsnmfO7lVbz
I implemented meaningful changes,139Please respect copyright.PENANALyHIdhXAqI
That brought unintended consequences,139Please respect copyright.PENANAFsZK7NzdIl
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,139Please respect copyright.PENANA1ANHmVy4Is
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.139Please respect copyright.PENANATqaa2122bn
139Please respect copyright.PENANAtacpzsb9oS
And I learned critical lessons,139Please respect copyright.PENANABkVcltu07z
Not just about an industry I did not know,139Please respect copyright.PENANAS49ORpivHo
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,139Please respect copyright.PENANAPT4QBqLD70
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.139Please respect copyright.PENANA515OyMVQZC
139Please respect copyright.PENANAmbhCVQ0t57
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,139Please respect copyright.PENANAPuSZFvKHpX
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,139Please respect copyright.PENANAT80c5ej9Z6
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,139Please respect copyright.PENANAYnV4k2kayF
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.139Please respect copyright.PENANA6Zm79DarO5
139Please respect copyright.PENANA1uLnzdYTmj
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,139Please respect copyright.PENANAW0iHRF3P9K
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,139Please respect copyright.PENANA8Npe0VkmqG
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,139Please respect copyright.PENANAaupxlJLSxv
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.139Please respect copyright.PENANABjSvxsB8zF
139Please respect copyright.PENANAWHxIS8U4nl
Scars long ago faded opened up anew,139Please respect copyright.PENANADx1APek8da
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,139Please respect copyright.PENANA7L6LjdCX3B
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,139Please respect copyright.PENANASTC8LNcw8s
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.139Please respect copyright.PENANAkRkqq8FP42
139Please respect copyright.PENANAMGRFBjUT84
After two decades of gestation,139Please respect copyright.PENANApxbCE551V2
I've now given birth to my first child,139Please respect copyright.PENANA1B2c4GK9Vt
The afterbirth has been cleaned,139Please respect copyright.PENANAbvHS4RczWJ
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.139Please respect copyright.PENANAA7cuWCqzkk
139Please respect copyright.PENANALjlk7yS6uQ
I fell in love with her the moment139Please respect copyright.PENANACcIbD8kRdR
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes139Please respect copyright.PENANAM7bFgf4ugq
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped139Please respect copyright.PENANAry7A5EO173
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.139Please respect copyright.PENANAe9OIdldsZW
139Please respect copyright.PENANAmMciatE0AU
Now I'm searching for a literary agent139Please respect copyright.PENANAFyoGlaBfFB
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl139Please respect copyright.PENANAFSxnIgFr13
Hoping they will love her139Please respect copyright.PENANA9ZksT8yCIu
But knowing they may not.139Please respect copyright.PENANAlEzm8kPimj
139Please respect copyright.PENANAR2tVwTbY2Y
If I can't send her off to finishing school,139Please respect copyright.PENANAz690GClB1R
I will home school her, teach her all I know,139Please respect copyright.PENANAgfXlNWgEAT
And ready her as best I can to face the world,139Please respect copyright.PENANAIx9kEdcocV
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.139Please respect copyright.PENANAj0frz8kJG3
139Please respect copyright.PENANAnC3lIDWMqR
If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,139Please respect copyright.PENANA2bNRmQwLAk
In a year or so if life will allow it,139Please respect copyright.PENANAGzZO3VvSWq
My heart is large and still has room,139Please respect copyright.PENANAXjVbuLcxc8
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.139Please respect copyright.PENANAa3vC0WKwFH
139Please respect copyright.PENANAAQHLXHe58D
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,139Please respect copyright.PENANArRCoBnE84a
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,139Please respect copyright.PENANAWJGKPf9uX0
As is still the case although the work is now done.139Please respect copyright.PENANAPZt1sG4wDe
139Please respect copyright.PENANAvtlvGiqt7F
Idealistic young lawyer,139Please respect copyright.PENANAbIjjM8T4Hq
In his first posting as a dean,139Please respect copyright.PENANA825ATwwF7u
In a for-profit business school,139Please respect copyright.PENANADbyExgBaPe
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.139Please respect copyright.PENANAfkRlRa661n
139Please respect copyright.PENANAa7v5WGkWNT
Worked very long hours,139Please respect copyright.PENANANbKRihOWuh
To change what was wrong,139Please respect copyright.PENANAA8XMd2hL7q
Achieved great success,139Please respect copyright.PENANA2TWkx1P9Z6
Which all came to naught.139Please respect copyright.PENANAh5IIcCqFTL
139Please respect copyright.PENANAiUgrCYpRMn
Made friends while tilting at windmills,139Please respect copyright.PENANAxMB1FqYhOi
Stubbornly refusing to accept,139Please respect copyright.PENANAnaZkW3penb
That which could be changed through simple hard work,139Please respect copyright.PENANAaytzSNxTfU
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.139Please respect copyright.PENANA7tiFKcPhaC
139Please respect copyright.PENANAo7xxPRZXxp
A classic clash of missions and visions,139Please respect copyright.PENANAVMczxq4znR
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,139Please respect copyright.PENANAvTHVNV9Hpd
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,139Please respect copyright.PENANArR2s93ulti
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.139Please respect copyright.PENANAXurrf9nKdo
139Please respect copyright.PENANAsnmfO7lVbz
I implemented meaningful changes,139Please respect copyright.PENANALyHIdhXAqI
That brought unintended consequences,139Please respect copyright.PENANAFsZK7NzdIl
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,139Please respect copyright.PENANA1ANHmVy4Is
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.139Please respect copyright.PENANATqaa2122bn
139Please respect copyright.PENANAtacpzsb9oS
And I learned critical lessons,139Please respect copyright.PENANABkVcltu07z
Not just about an industry I did not know,139Please respect copyright.PENANAS49ORpivHo
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,139Please respect copyright.PENANAPT4QBqLD70
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.139Please respect copyright.PENANA515OyMVQZC
139Please respect copyright.PENANAmbhCVQ0t57
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,139Please respect copyright.PENANAPuSZFvKHpX
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,139Please respect copyright.PENANAT80c5ej9Z6
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,139Please respect copyright.PENANAYnV4k2kayF
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.139Please respect copyright.PENANA6Zm79DarO5
139Please respect copyright.PENANA1uLnzdYTmj
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,139Please respect copyright.PENANAW0iHRF3P9K
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,139Please respect copyright.PENANA8Npe0VkmqG
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,139Please respect copyright.PENANAaupxlJLSxv
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.139Please respect copyright.PENANABjSvxsB8zF
139Please respect copyright.PENANAWHxIS8U4nl
Scars long ago faded opened up anew,139Please respect copyright.PENANADx1APek8da
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,139Please respect copyright.PENANA7L6LjdCX3B
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,139Please respect copyright.PENANASTC8LNcw8s
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.139Please respect copyright.PENANAkRkqq8FP42
139Please respect copyright.PENANAMGRFBjUT84
After two decades of gestation,139Please respect copyright.PENANApxbCE551V2
I've now given birth to my first child,139Please respect copyright.PENANA1B2c4GK9Vt
The afterbirth has been cleaned,139Please respect copyright.PENANAbvHS4RczWJ
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.139Please respect copyright.PENANAA7cuWCqzkk
139Please respect copyright.PENANALjlk7yS6uQ
I fell in love with her the moment139Please respect copyright.PENANACcIbD8kRdR
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes139Please respect copyright.PENANAM7bFgf4ugq
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped139Please respect copyright.PENANAry7A5EO173
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.139Please respect copyright.PENANAe9OIdldsZW
139Please respect copyright.PENANAmMciatE0AU
Now I'm searching for a literary agent139Please respect copyright.PENANAFyoGlaBfFB
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl139Please respect copyright.PENANAFSxnIgFr13
Hoping they will love her139Please respect copyright.PENANA9ZksT8yCIu
But knowing they may not.139Please respect copyright.PENANAlEzm8kPimj
139Please respect copyright.PENANAR2tVwTbY2Y
If I can't send her off to finishing school,139Please respect copyright.PENANAz690GClB1R
I will home school her, teach her all I know,139Please respect copyright.PENANAgfXlNWgEAT
And ready her as best I can to face the world,139Please respect copyright.PENANAIx9kEdcocV
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.139Please respect copyright.PENANAj0frz8kJG3
139Please respect copyright.PENANAnC3lIDWMqR
If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,139Please respect copyright.PENANA2bNRmQwLAk
In a year or so if life will allow it,139Please respect copyright.PENANAGzZO3VvSWq
My heart is large and still has room,139Please respect copyright.PENANAXjVbuLcxc8
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.139Please respect copyright.PENANAa3vC0WKwFH
139Please respect copyright.PENANAAQHLXHe58D
You can hear me read this poem in my newest poetry reading (of just this poem) here:

139Please respect copyright.PENANAajxrxFCB2l
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