I've lived in 1987 for the past two months,136Please respect copyright.PENANACzYVFHYiFc
Every waking moment and in my every dream,136Please respect copyright.PENANA8ZtERuLFcE
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,136Please respect copyright.PENANASjRpyfhpQ2
As is still the case although the work is now done.136Please respect copyright.PENANAKyxwoMwokZ
136Please respect copyright.PENANASWCx7Q4CDy
Idealistic young lawyer,136Please respect copyright.PENANAp1P1d4Sv8y
In his first posting as a dean,136Please respect copyright.PENANAqZMqfhuyQd
In a for-profit business school,136Please respect copyright.PENANABYWUz9vgKe
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.136Please respect copyright.PENANAA38Ro8H3Iw
136Please respect copyright.PENANA2SGFgjqA3t
Worked very long hours,136Please respect copyright.PENANAwdh2tnr6Rp
To change what was wrong,136Please respect copyright.PENANAyDz340z8Jo
Achieved great success,136Please respect copyright.PENANAJqUTO31UCL
Which all came to naught.136Please respect copyright.PENANAFXxgaf9S1i
136Please respect copyright.PENANAVCjPKL6I0h
Made friends while tilting at windmills,136Please respect copyright.PENANABP9rgbekEB
Stubbornly refusing to accept,136Please respect copyright.PENANAbF0mBYpXal
That which could be changed through simple hard work,136Please respect copyright.PENANAdnRXGQzKSJ
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.136Please respect copyright.PENANABtwmYtKewk
136Please respect copyright.PENANAx1AumhcAUc
A classic clash of missions and visions,136Please respect copyright.PENANAljV7w7AlND
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,136Please respect copyright.PENANAU6aneY4eiz
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,136Please respect copyright.PENANAE8f0Nnq9iW
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.136Please respect copyright.PENANAPG4qaAXxGz
136Please respect copyright.PENANAOft7pCeETz
I implemented meaningful changes,136Please respect copyright.PENANAJTPI5owiWJ
That brought unintended consequences,136Please respect copyright.PENANAfJrBvlxQy3
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,136Please respect copyright.PENANASKZCsiOb6O
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.136Please respect copyright.PENANAVhnpQzleMg
136Please respect copyright.PENANAdpU6Gtbsfx
And I learned critical lessons,136Please respect copyright.PENANAcCTFRPkM5d
Not just about an industry I did not know,136Please respect copyright.PENANASiicJl05GB
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,136Please respect copyright.PENANA89AP5GoprL
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.136Please respect copyright.PENANAhz6Jhj82xt
136Please respect copyright.PENANAdBbAxv4eyh
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,136Please respect copyright.PENANAzifgHFPEF4
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,136Please respect copyright.PENANAnFGbmBBZ6H
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,136Please respect copyright.PENANA9h1acTOwLG
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.136Please respect copyright.PENANAmZb4mhpwIC
136Please respect copyright.PENANAQMLF7TSrOP
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,136Please respect copyright.PENANAryRLrzxD0s
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,136Please respect copyright.PENANAV8AfI4hHNZ
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,136Please respect copyright.PENANAAO3uGE6Pwp
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.136Please respect copyright.PENANAFUBMR4Ilr4
136Please respect copyright.PENANAkP9EqhzHsX
Scars long ago faded opened up anew,136Please respect copyright.PENANAHcpcobGuQG
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,136Please respect copyright.PENANA2AmJdAILXF
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,136Please respect copyright.PENANAT65TbisNIN
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.136Please respect copyright.PENANAiRoLOTZiZO
136Please respect copyright.PENANANKkPdefS6w
After two decades of gestation,136Please respect copyright.PENANAhmTRPOLkaL
I've now given birth to my first child,136Please respect copyright.PENANAU9DfFTr30U
The afterbirth has been cleaned,136Please respect copyright.PENANABp819nuzh7
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.136Please respect copyright.PENANArUzpF6c0WH
136Please respect copyright.PENANAVUUaG23Tml
I fell in love with her the moment136Please respect copyright.PENANAyqySZsmKZV
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes136Please respect copyright.PENANAzSLZwH8yMK
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped136Please respect copyright.PENANAYMOqBuMtH0
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.136Please respect copyright.PENANAc3rn6TCJ9r
136Please respect copyright.PENANA4ugNXYdEnr
Now I'm searching for a literary agent136Please respect copyright.PENANA5g2lZ0C0pZ
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl136Please respect copyright.PENANAN0ZDFXWdO5
Hoping they will love her136Please respect copyright.PENANAyEZWGlUJxA
But knowing they may not.136Please respect copyright.PENANACkSNujNmbG
136Please respect copyright.PENANAZFnF0sytOI
If I can't send her off to finishing school,136Please respect copyright.PENANADfp68aQ6GO
I will home school her, teach her all I know,136Please respect copyright.PENANAggSKmzRfLP
And ready her as best I can to face the world,136Please respect copyright.PENANA2nasvgNuXm
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.136Please respect copyright.PENANAiFRIhM9zC1
136Please respect copyright.PENANApsdLf4YEOi
If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,136Please respect copyright.PENANAn5sakdT8mt
In a year or so if life will allow it,136Please respect copyright.PENANAJKDCmji86T
My heart is large and still has room,136Please respect copyright.PENANA8f3ncDdUzq
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.136Please respect copyright.PENANAUMrYPs9kpH
136Please respect copyright.PENANAAzDwv1Sqi7
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,136Please respect copyright.PENANA8ZtERuLFcE
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,136Please respect copyright.PENANASjRpyfhpQ2
As is still the case although the work is now done.136Please respect copyright.PENANAKyxwoMwokZ
136Please respect copyright.PENANASWCx7Q4CDy
Idealistic young lawyer,136Please respect copyright.PENANAp1P1d4Sv8y
In his first posting as a dean,136Please respect copyright.PENANAqZMqfhuyQd
In a for-profit business school,136Please respect copyright.PENANABYWUz9vgKe
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.136Please respect copyright.PENANAA38Ro8H3Iw
136Please respect copyright.PENANA2SGFgjqA3t
Worked very long hours,136Please respect copyright.PENANAwdh2tnr6Rp
To change what was wrong,136Please respect copyright.PENANAyDz340z8Jo
Achieved great success,136Please respect copyright.PENANAJqUTO31UCL
Which all came to naught.136Please respect copyright.PENANAFXxgaf9S1i
136Please respect copyright.PENANAVCjPKL6I0h
Made friends while tilting at windmills,136Please respect copyright.PENANABP9rgbekEB
Stubbornly refusing to accept,136Please respect copyright.PENANAbF0mBYpXal
That which could be changed through simple hard work,136Please respect copyright.PENANAdnRXGQzKSJ
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.136Please respect copyright.PENANABtwmYtKewk
136Please respect copyright.PENANAx1AumhcAUc
A classic clash of missions and visions,136Please respect copyright.PENANAljV7w7AlND
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,136Please respect copyright.PENANAU6aneY4eiz
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,136Please respect copyright.PENANAE8f0Nnq9iW
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.136Please respect copyright.PENANAPG4qaAXxGz
136Please respect copyright.PENANAOft7pCeETz
I implemented meaningful changes,136Please respect copyright.PENANAJTPI5owiWJ
That brought unintended consequences,136Please respect copyright.PENANAfJrBvlxQy3
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,136Please respect copyright.PENANASKZCsiOb6O
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.136Please respect copyright.PENANAVhnpQzleMg
136Please respect copyright.PENANAdpU6Gtbsfx
And I learned critical lessons,136Please respect copyright.PENANAcCTFRPkM5d
Not just about an industry I did not know,136Please respect copyright.PENANASiicJl05GB
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,136Please respect copyright.PENANA89AP5GoprL
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.136Please respect copyright.PENANAhz6Jhj82xt
136Please respect copyright.PENANAdBbAxv4eyh
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,136Please respect copyright.PENANAzifgHFPEF4
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,136Please respect copyright.PENANAnFGbmBBZ6H
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,136Please respect copyright.PENANA9h1acTOwLG
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.136Please respect copyright.PENANAmZb4mhpwIC
136Please respect copyright.PENANAQMLF7TSrOP
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,136Please respect copyright.PENANAryRLrzxD0s
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,136Please respect copyright.PENANAV8AfI4hHNZ
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,136Please respect copyright.PENANAAO3uGE6Pwp
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.136Please respect copyright.PENANAFUBMR4Ilr4
136Please respect copyright.PENANAkP9EqhzHsX
Scars long ago faded opened up anew,136Please respect copyright.PENANAHcpcobGuQG
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,136Please respect copyright.PENANA2AmJdAILXF
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,136Please respect copyright.PENANAT65TbisNIN
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.136Please respect copyright.PENANAiRoLOTZiZO
136Please respect copyright.PENANANKkPdefS6w
After two decades of gestation,136Please respect copyright.PENANAhmTRPOLkaL
I've now given birth to my first child,136Please respect copyright.PENANAU9DfFTr30U
The afterbirth has been cleaned,136Please respect copyright.PENANABp819nuzh7
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.136Please respect copyright.PENANArUzpF6c0WH
136Please respect copyright.PENANAVUUaG23Tml
I fell in love with her the moment136Please respect copyright.PENANAyqySZsmKZV
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes136Please respect copyright.PENANAzSLZwH8yMK
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped136Please respect copyright.PENANAYMOqBuMtH0
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.136Please respect copyright.PENANAc3rn6TCJ9r
136Please respect copyright.PENANA4ugNXYdEnr
Now I'm searching for a literary agent136Please respect copyright.PENANA5g2lZ0C0pZ
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl136Please respect copyright.PENANAN0ZDFXWdO5
Hoping they will love her136Please respect copyright.PENANAyEZWGlUJxA
But knowing they may not.136Please respect copyright.PENANACkSNujNmbG
136Please respect copyright.PENANAZFnF0sytOI
If I can't send her off to finishing school,136Please respect copyright.PENANADfp68aQ6GO
I will home school her, teach her all I know,136Please respect copyright.PENANAggSKmzRfLP
And ready her as best I can to face the world,136Please respect copyright.PENANA2nasvgNuXm
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.136Please respect copyright.PENANAiFRIhM9zC1
136Please respect copyright.PENANApsdLf4YEOi
If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,136Please respect copyright.PENANAn5sakdT8mt
In a year or so if life will allow it,136Please respect copyright.PENANAJKDCmji86T
My heart is large and still has room,136Please respect copyright.PENANA8f3ncDdUzq
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.136Please respect copyright.PENANAUMrYPs9kpH
136Please respect copyright.PENANAAzDwv1Sqi7
You can hear me read this poem in my newest poetry reading (of just this poem) here:

136Please respect copyright.PENANACGmECsRDkv
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