I've lived in 1987 for the past two months,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC8c1o6qzU6
Every waking moment and in my every dream,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm3YpCv0Tfi
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbiw9G0mBaY
As is still the case although the work is now done.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fvjXVYIn7
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfyz5uwidZD
Idealistic young lawyer,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL01nfKBq3C
In his first posting as a dean,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPMpk95TnY
In a for-profit business school,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4te27QnkT
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTc9AXt78Lv
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMAR9EucLsy
Worked very long hours,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1adOyz0AEl
To change what was wrong,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGHr0AMtWZ9
Achieved great success,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAWfPH8Gbm
Which all came to naught.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJl9ZM8pVkh
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJIFo7cpnN
Made friends while tilting at windmills,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEEKXPG431F
Stubbornly refusing to accept,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77Bdtsl5D7
That which could be changed through simple hard work,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ04HtIhfJdV
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvI7JlmcU7k
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ11PbBhADId
A classic clash of missions and visions,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcE5AI8m2sq
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktAtjQK7KR
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsiT8dIFRZ4
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMpwkqI0FMC
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJybmjnhz0o
I implemented meaningful changes,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0OgSjuuoM
That brought unintended consequences,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtodtEDScG2
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsEfTBKdsTo
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5VPXgDsimc
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfB8H78o6Ab
And I learned critical lessons,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gSN0I78Mx
Not just about an industry I did not know,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsee1kurQRc
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtXbJlm6Ki5
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcgcSKH36Q3
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAKf8GydlCu
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ31XIdrWq4
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU9z5xnCt6K
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLKXjZkanTK
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFtwZcljISq
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLuBxv6VPt
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90poTg5N0I
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnnvhI3YKC9
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrpC4vRN9Uo
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdhr05Z8HS
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGC8rdd4ONE
Scars long ago faded opened up anew,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0cYKowXd9
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXAQyfNOszM
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRKZsFtaJ6f
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN8WP0Mv6qM
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3d0HweyHNc
After two decades of gestation,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUExLjodX1
I've now given birth to my first child,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRRZuTGwDVV
The afterbirth has been cleaned,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGkI3FxtfL
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1njcI6EpIE
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuoRPDuwSv4
I fell in love with her the moment109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILSMxPaqte
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCROg9Nm4J7
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡehrKOPU22P
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUvRGzAsfI
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpomHAC8Gki
Now I'm searching for a literary agent109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXc8dO9S5db
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSvfz10YiU
Hoping they will love her109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxrMwdizKC
But knowing they may not.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH9ZMfWJgOW
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BwlPEx0p8
If I can't send her off to finishing school,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6p2xglYBTO
I will home school her, teach her all I know,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN2Pjz5V3b7
And ready her as best I can to face the world,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk086BG0Mkm
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsW4AjRZdhC
109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPhVK1yPsh
If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt5i7mj7JCS
In a year or so if life will allow it,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZIVOfYgRf
My heart is large and still has room,109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtr2MOv9KPf
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpz4c2QKWb
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You can hear me read this poem in my newest poetry reading (of just this poem) here: