I've lived in 1987 for the past two months,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZzFZtcePI
Every waking moment and in my every dream,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCL8RM9sNRO
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ51Brc0UZdN
As is still the case although the work is now done.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQf1O7Mxn6
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Idealistic young lawyer,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwcnhMYtU2s
In his first posting as a dean,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfbkUDpDgc
In a for-profit business school,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPgopoR8P6W
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Mfu3Cxvhy
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Worked very long hours,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqNZHXtuRF
To change what was wrong,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOBpvw2mD0
Achieved great success,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdW9sz9Khir
Which all came to naught.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8IuY1LOTn5
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Made friends while tilting at windmills,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvZk2RxfNy
Stubbornly refusing to accept,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppKl5uapSv
That which could be changed through simple hard work,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWp6uiRgia
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCemWbbNYK
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A classic clash of missions and visions,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpoTlBquzT8
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyhDADCTOg6
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQmHHTRQAR
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJL5faiLnE7
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I implemented meaningful changes,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzaGnzs8UUv
That brought unintended consequences,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2aqe0QlPY7
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5Mm8PEWOq
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85ZNiaB139
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And I learned critical lessons,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdogtzzd8H
Not just about an industry I did not know,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJDpeWo2bs
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3hj0Cok2LF
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjb1FnQsjsM
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I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLA4tjX6Yd
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyd0aobgCZM
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSvHJvSplFF
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvWzsvsSPi9
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Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl8mpSlK9rC
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfi9RWUxxWQ
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY7xmIEdQrG
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2AL7jWiQL
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Scars long ago faded opened up anew,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrjfZvnA58W
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6QPIJtNz90
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxYHjP5A3t
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQRnzimnil
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After two decades of gestation,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLDppG6NriE
I've now given birth to my first child,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgtE7MhRo2q
The afterbirth has been cleaned,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcKAvwgCE5O
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3amwo5ge36
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I fell in love with her the moment174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrRDmvcxgFB
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8P25SHdYt6
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1z6p2nBfNR
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXoEWRgq6Gs
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHuTSxSd9St
Now I'm searching for a literary agent174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWNWrmUKxwZ
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWMMc2F3oE
Hoping they will love her174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeNTREhjU4u
But knowing they may not.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmP0MO7q3W4
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If I can't send her off to finishing school,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHANx2HdcE5
I will home school her, teach her all I know,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRVW1n3YPGU
And ready her as best I can to face the world,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1AwYD3Cw6
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmxDE5ZvPVe
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If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNcOmYoXsI
In a year or so if life will allow it,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXgJEYaXo80
My heart is large and still has room,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡufpaiQB7QB
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRr5HFyeJL
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You can hear me read this poem in my newest poetry reading (of just this poem) here: