I've lived in 1987 for the past two months,137Please respect copyright.PENANAtNxay9M9dO
Every waking moment and in my every dream,137Please respect copyright.PENANAacs1pD3ENg
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,137Please respect copyright.PENANAXdDvBocVP0
As is still the case although the work is now done.137Please respect copyright.PENANADGtNs8FeZG
137Please respect copyright.PENANADpzqFkIk6l
Idealistic young lawyer,137Please respect copyright.PENANAWNQhFZu6bj
In his first posting as a dean,137Please respect copyright.PENANAv4Mx8TKH0o
In a for-profit business school,137Please respect copyright.PENANAIJFWh2rUWa
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.137Please respect copyright.PENANA20dUCP1227
137Please respect copyright.PENANA2epYmg86ZJ
Worked very long hours,137Please respect copyright.PENANAFCIOUEttIl
To change what was wrong,137Please respect copyright.PENANAf6Bampm5pG
Achieved great success,137Please respect copyright.PENANATWOjXN0o4L
Which all came to naught.137Please respect copyright.PENANAdOSRM6C4IC
137Please respect copyright.PENANAZsqyFWQ1ZH
Made friends while tilting at windmills,137Please respect copyright.PENANAWBHepdUwTc
Stubbornly refusing to accept,137Please respect copyright.PENANAg7yGVMxAwk
That which could be changed through simple hard work,137Please respect copyright.PENANA2Y9VPplnWO
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.137Please respect copyright.PENANACLV6xNPW58
137Please respect copyright.PENANAWrRf3lOaoz
A classic clash of missions and visions,137Please respect copyright.PENANANJM7qeaKUD
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,137Please respect copyright.PENANAKlI81Dbfde
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,137Please respect copyright.PENANA4BCA82VbfF
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.137Please respect copyright.PENANAmVof5jFvEf
137Please respect copyright.PENANAG155c047HH
I implemented meaningful changes,137Please respect copyright.PENANABeu1Kzogmt
That brought unintended consequences,137Please respect copyright.PENANAm3tIKcsi1T
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,137Please respect copyright.PENANAP0bv8LPslt
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.137Please respect copyright.PENANAGAuqcjFUIm
137Please respect copyright.PENANA4p92guthIE
And I learned critical lessons,137Please respect copyright.PENANAoX0dhwvX7A
Not just about an industry I did not know,137Please respect copyright.PENANA6JyYwkT9FH
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,137Please respect copyright.PENANAdRDTFSv03R
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.137Please respect copyright.PENANAMiLbveFj4L
137Please respect copyright.PENANAPYG2CVwoSA
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,137Please respect copyright.PENANAB7CIF5vcne
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,137Please respect copyright.PENANAPDw5VpEsZe
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,137Please respect copyright.PENANA2x1j0aX0zX
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.137Please respect copyright.PENANAikRaY8xdWZ
137Please respect copyright.PENANA7MCrIeySE5
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,137Please respect copyright.PENANA54m0pGGAAm
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,137Please respect copyright.PENANAZonaEX2b4T
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,137Please respect copyright.PENANAyn1kJrQjo2
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.137Please respect copyright.PENANAiE1nyHBCuP
137Please respect copyright.PENANAyJErhTulb4
Scars long ago faded opened up anew,137Please respect copyright.PENANA1V6s9hSooR
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,137Please respect copyright.PENANAtQdiK7Kzzz
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,137Please respect copyright.PENANAtv76fwYc4N
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.137Please respect copyright.PENANAHBt4iMQDhI
137Please respect copyright.PENANAgHht4Qd53C
After two decades of gestation,137Please respect copyright.PENANA0oYJp45YPX
I've now given birth to my first child,137Please respect copyright.PENANA1rUzIsHGn7
The afterbirth has been cleaned,137Please respect copyright.PENANAOgP04pdgiG
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.137Please respect copyright.PENANA8U0JwGWWg9
137Please respect copyright.PENANAdPLQ7Dm55m
I fell in love with her the moment137Please respect copyright.PENANAv6o36vfEej
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes137Please respect copyright.PENANAANjrYl82yY
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped137Please respect copyright.PENANAZO8Qr4iGAg
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.137Please respect copyright.PENANAs7LBqOrvdH
137Please respect copyright.PENANADBT2xwhe9D
Now I'm searching for a literary agent137Please respect copyright.PENANALVSO9NNegS
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl137Please respect copyright.PENANAFmCHI5gQ3v
Hoping they will love her137Please respect copyright.PENANAaprJVA3I0y
But knowing they may not.137Please respect copyright.PENANA1lcGMXdftf
137Please respect copyright.PENANAT3NbEdh8GS
If I can't send her off to finishing school,137Please respect copyright.PENANAnureWjDr3e
I will home school her, teach her all I know,137Please respect copyright.PENANAqdQuHA9GnH
And ready her as best I can to face the world,137Please respect copyright.PENANAf684LXbSWb
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.137Please respect copyright.PENANABfXEG5skSD
137Please respect copyright.PENANAomPExtRqrC
If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,137Please respect copyright.PENANAa6hkYDBZGt
In a year or so if life will allow it,137Please respect copyright.PENANAX6uTmWnNLj
My heart is large and still has room,137Please respect copyright.PENANAISEWpuTAU4
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.137Please respect copyright.PENANAD9XUjSAT4o
137Please respect copyright.PENANA0AQu1C9epp
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,137Please respect copyright.PENANAacs1pD3ENg
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,137Please respect copyright.PENANAXdDvBocVP0
As is still the case although the work is now done.137Please respect copyright.PENANADGtNs8FeZG
137Please respect copyright.PENANADpzqFkIk6l
Idealistic young lawyer,137Please respect copyright.PENANAWNQhFZu6bj
In his first posting as a dean,137Please respect copyright.PENANAv4Mx8TKH0o
In a for-profit business school,137Please respect copyright.PENANAIJFWh2rUWa
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.137Please respect copyright.PENANA20dUCP1227
137Please respect copyright.PENANA2epYmg86ZJ
Worked very long hours,137Please respect copyright.PENANAFCIOUEttIl
To change what was wrong,137Please respect copyright.PENANAf6Bampm5pG
Achieved great success,137Please respect copyright.PENANATWOjXN0o4L
Which all came to naught.137Please respect copyright.PENANAdOSRM6C4IC
137Please respect copyright.PENANAZsqyFWQ1ZH
Made friends while tilting at windmills,137Please respect copyright.PENANAWBHepdUwTc
Stubbornly refusing to accept,137Please respect copyright.PENANAg7yGVMxAwk
That which could be changed through simple hard work,137Please respect copyright.PENANA2Y9VPplnWO
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.137Please respect copyright.PENANACLV6xNPW58
137Please respect copyright.PENANAWrRf3lOaoz
A classic clash of missions and visions,137Please respect copyright.PENANANJM7qeaKUD
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,137Please respect copyright.PENANAKlI81Dbfde
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,137Please respect copyright.PENANA4BCA82VbfF
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.137Please respect copyright.PENANAmVof5jFvEf
137Please respect copyright.PENANAG155c047HH
I implemented meaningful changes,137Please respect copyright.PENANABeu1Kzogmt
That brought unintended consequences,137Please respect copyright.PENANAm3tIKcsi1T
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,137Please respect copyright.PENANAP0bv8LPslt
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.137Please respect copyright.PENANAGAuqcjFUIm
137Please respect copyright.PENANA4p92guthIE
And I learned critical lessons,137Please respect copyright.PENANAoX0dhwvX7A
Not just about an industry I did not know,137Please respect copyright.PENANA6JyYwkT9FH
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,137Please respect copyright.PENANAdRDTFSv03R
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.137Please respect copyright.PENANAMiLbveFj4L
137Please respect copyright.PENANAPYG2CVwoSA
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,137Please respect copyright.PENANAB7CIF5vcne
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,137Please respect copyright.PENANAPDw5VpEsZe
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,137Please respect copyright.PENANA2x1j0aX0zX
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.137Please respect copyright.PENANAikRaY8xdWZ
137Please respect copyright.PENANA7MCrIeySE5
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,137Please respect copyright.PENANA54m0pGGAAm
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,137Please respect copyright.PENANAZonaEX2b4T
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,137Please respect copyright.PENANAyn1kJrQjo2
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.137Please respect copyright.PENANAiE1nyHBCuP
137Please respect copyright.PENANAyJErhTulb4
Scars long ago faded opened up anew,137Please respect copyright.PENANA1V6s9hSooR
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,137Please respect copyright.PENANAtQdiK7Kzzz
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,137Please respect copyright.PENANAtv76fwYc4N
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.137Please respect copyright.PENANAHBt4iMQDhI
137Please respect copyright.PENANAgHht4Qd53C
After two decades of gestation,137Please respect copyright.PENANA0oYJp45YPX
I've now given birth to my first child,137Please respect copyright.PENANA1rUzIsHGn7
The afterbirth has been cleaned,137Please respect copyright.PENANAOgP04pdgiG
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.137Please respect copyright.PENANA8U0JwGWWg9
137Please respect copyright.PENANAdPLQ7Dm55m
I fell in love with her the moment137Please respect copyright.PENANAv6o36vfEej
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes137Please respect copyright.PENANAANjrYl82yY
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped137Please respect copyright.PENANAZO8Qr4iGAg
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.137Please respect copyright.PENANAs7LBqOrvdH
137Please respect copyright.PENANADBT2xwhe9D
Now I'm searching for a literary agent137Please respect copyright.PENANALVSO9NNegS
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl137Please respect copyright.PENANAFmCHI5gQ3v
Hoping they will love her137Please respect copyright.PENANAaprJVA3I0y
But knowing they may not.137Please respect copyright.PENANA1lcGMXdftf
137Please respect copyright.PENANAT3NbEdh8GS
If I can't send her off to finishing school,137Please respect copyright.PENANAnureWjDr3e
I will home school her, teach her all I know,137Please respect copyright.PENANAqdQuHA9GnH
And ready her as best I can to face the world,137Please respect copyright.PENANAf684LXbSWb
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.137Please respect copyright.PENANABfXEG5skSD
137Please respect copyright.PENANAomPExtRqrC
If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,137Please respect copyright.PENANAa6hkYDBZGt
In a year or so if life will allow it,137Please respect copyright.PENANAX6uTmWnNLj
My heart is large and still has room,137Please respect copyright.PENANAISEWpuTAU4
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.137Please respect copyright.PENANAD9XUjSAT4o
137Please respect copyright.PENANA0AQu1C9epp
You can hear me read this poem in my newest poetry reading (of just this poem) here:

137Please respect copyright.PENANA7xqESGA2hr
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