I've lived in 1987 for the past two months,166Please respect copyright.PENANA0ExgIZsfJg
Every waking moment and in my every dream,166Please respect copyright.PENANABeOXdhCwgi
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,166Please respect copyright.PENANAvaeyzVLoHv
As is still the case although the work is now done.166Please respect copyright.PENANAPpz8LBUOn9
166Please respect copyright.PENANAJ97cAMbXzS
Idealistic young lawyer,166Please respect copyright.PENANA3QhqXYtoR6
In his first posting as a dean,166Please respect copyright.PENANAyxYIxRDuZL
In a for-profit business school,166Please respect copyright.PENANA8xSjLfRNWO
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.166Please respect copyright.PENANAU4QxUMPkj3
166Please respect copyright.PENANAu7BKPPJua1
Worked very long hours,166Please respect copyright.PENANAFp0DcG46PJ
To change what was wrong,166Please respect copyright.PENANASZR9LmvDTo
Achieved great success,166Please respect copyright.PENANAOWP2HuebVR
Which all came to naught.166Please respect copyright.PENANAt6DvxOaOls
166Please respect copyright.PENANAf2h13Epp8P
Made friends while tilting at windmills,166Please respect copyright.PENANAM31HHL8t42
Stubbornly refusing to accept,166Please respect copyright.PENANAarCxaxt0cN
That which could be changed through simple hard work,166Please respect copyright.PENANAmcDUPdS1iD
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.166Please respect copyright.PENANAKlSxOUblZf
166Please respect copyright.PENANAXDjPEem8wA
A classic clash of missions and visions,166Please respect copyright.PENANAXBxDntTNHV
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,166Please respect copyright.PENANAlsmnnXJQew
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,166Please respect copyright.PENANAUYGoztoKzi
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.166Please respect copyright.PENANA8xAkTO0KeO
166Please respect copyright.PENANAKpFkmDuEW4
I implemented meaningful changes,166Please respect copyright.PENANAm79ruAlO0H
That brought unintended consequences,166Please respect copyright.PENANA9qYX5Zb6Ai
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,166Please respect copyright.PENANAc4UchT4szB
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.166Please respect copyright.PENANA9urFiZ9isS
166Please respect copyright.PENANA7wkjW8on8r
And I learned critical lessons,166Please respect copyright.PENANAOEo9GLlz4u
Not just about an industry I did not know,166Please respect copyright.PENANAtegMIFKB7n
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,166Please respect copyright.PENANAukgb6NOFkR
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.166Please respect copyright.PENANA4bVQGZCm7b
166Please respect copyright.PENANAYpQvkeuIMn
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,166Please respect copyright.PENANAdnJo2zkdqC
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,166Please respect copyright.PENANARH7TMIND0S
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,166Please respect copyright.PENANAIQawhm2UCo
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.166Please respect copyright.PENANAlB1m6Z2ZM0
166Please respect copyright.PENANAeCesxEmhbV
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,166Please respect copyright.PENANA8oyPvv6GmU
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,166Please respect copyright.PENANAapttlBP7Ww
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,166Please respect copyright.PENANAqIJCpAWowY
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.166Please respect copyright.PENANALeour91ugU
166Please respect copyright.PENANACwRXAWUGgP
Scars long ago faded opened up anew,166Please respect copyright.PENANAdDubYfEC7c
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,166Please respect copyright.PENANAyCkNYbICDH
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,166Please respect copyright.PENANA2sl6U1XKuc
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.166Please respect copyright.PENANAQ5EnCUI9BU
166Please respect copyright.PENANANkhkrqjX13
After two decades of gestation,166Please respect copyright.PENANAhtdHqKM1Ak
I've now given birth to my first child,166Please respect copyright.PENANAtimYYwdCYS
The afterbirth has been cleaned,166Please respect copyright.PENANAQpoZ4mpssf
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.166Please respect copyright.PENANAb77Rm2lU5S
166Please respect copyright.PENANABgj5cKR2Q1
I fell in love with her the moment166Please respect copyright.PENANAbwaDffy0Ci
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes166Please respect copyright.PENANAw8nl0MQZ7U
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped166Please respect copyright.PENANAeXlZGThUGJ
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.166Please respect copyright.PENANAY3GfdY02TF
166Please respect copyright.PENANADCmHfOaJ3J
Now I'm searching for a literary agent166Please respect copyright.PENANAOSGiZVgINS
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl166Please respect copyright.PENANAPmKzGXlZM9
Hoping they will love her166Please respect copyright.PENANA0dC8waPNe0
But knowing they may not.166Please respect copyright.PENANATogt8V8FLF
166Please respect copyright.PENANAFBCzO9XgcQ
If I can't send her off to finishing school,166Please respect copyright.PENANA6HaqZbkm8r
I will home school her, teach her all I know,166Please respect copyright.PENANAqzt1e5zb49
And ready her as best I can to face the world,166Please respect copyright.PENANAxgJepqDEBh
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.166Please respect copyright.PENANA3R4ES2YGg0
166Please respect copyright.PENANA6ITiktGlBc
If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,166Please respect copyright.PENANAGNXFwCUb8K
In a year or so if life will allow it,166Please respect copyright.PENANAlMipmmSe8w
My heart is large and still has room,166Please respect copyright.PENANARtsI9kldXU
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.166Please respect copyright.PENANAaAd6GRD5OQ
166Please respect copyright.PENANAGz67JrEjLo
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,166Please respect copyright.PENANABeOXdhCwgi
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,166Please respect copyright.PENANAvaeyzVLoHv
As is still the case although the work is now done.166Please respect copyright.PENANAPpz8LBUOn9
166Please respect copyright.PENANAJ97cAMbXzS
Idealistic young lawyer,166Please respect copyright.PENANA3QhqXYtoR6
In his first posting as a dean,166Please respect copyright.PENANAyxYIxRDuZL
In a for-profit business school,166Please respect copyright.PENANA8xSjLfRNWO
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.166Please respect copyright.PENANAU4QxUMPkj3
166Please respect copyright.PENANAu7BKPPJua1
Worked very long hours,166Please respect copyright.PENANAFp0DcG46PJ
To change what was wrong,166Please respect copyright.PENANASZR9LmvDTo
Achieved great success,166Please respect copyright.PENANAOWP2HuebVR
Which all came to naught.166Please respect copyright.PENANAt6DvxOaOls
166Please respect copyright.PENANAf2h13Epp8P
Made friends while tilting at windmills,166Please respect copyright.PENANAM31HHL8t42
Stubbornly refusing to accept,166Please respect copyright.PENANAarCxaxt0cN
That which could be changed through simple hard work,166Please respect copyright.PENANAmcDUPdS1iD
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.166Please respect copyright.PENANAKlSxOUblZf
166Please respect copyright.PENANAXDjPEem8wA
A classic clash of missions and visions,166Please respect copyright.PENANAXBxDntTNHV
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,166Please respect copyright.PENANAlsmnnXJQew
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,166Please respect copyright.PENANAUYGoztoKzi
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.166Please respect copyright.PENANA8xAkTO0KeO
166Please respect copyright.PENANAKpFkmDuEW4
I implemented meaningful changes,166Please respect copyright.PENANAm79ruAlO0H
That brought unintended consequences,166Please respect copyright.PENANA9qYX5Zb6Ai
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,166Please respect copyright.PENANAc4UchT4szB
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.166Please respect copyright.PENANA9urFiZ9isS
166Please respect copyright.PENANA7wkjW8on8r
And I learned critical lessons,166Please respect copyright.PENANAOEo9GLlz4u
Not just about an industry I did not know,166Please respect copyright.PENANAtegMIFKB7n
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,166Please respect copyright.PENANAukgb6NOFkR
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.166Please respect copyright.PENANA4bVQGZCm7b
166Please respect copyright.PENANAYpQvkeuIMn
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,166Please respect copyright.PENANAdnJo2zkdqC
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,166Please respect copyright.PENANARH7TMIND0S
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,166Please respect copyright.PENANAIQawhm2UCo
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.166Please respect copyright.PENANAlB1m6Z2ZM0
166Please respect copyright.PENANAeCesxEmhbV
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,166Please respect copyright.PENANA8oyPvv6GmU
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,166Please respect copyright.PENANAapttlBP7Ww
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,166Please respect copyright.PENANAqIJCpAWowY
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.166Please respect copyright.PENANALeour91ugU
166Please respect copyright.PENANACwRXAWUGgP
Scars long ago faded opened up anew,166Please respect copyright.PENANAdDubYfEC7c
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,166Please respect copyright.PENANAyCkNYbICDH
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,166Please respect copyright.PENANA2sl6U1XKuc
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.166Please respect copyright.PENANAQ5EnCUI9BU
166Please respect copyright.PENANANkhkrqjX13
After two decades of gestation,166Please respect copyright.PENANAhtdHqKM1Ak
I've now given birth to my first child,166Please respect copyright.PENANAtimYYwdCYS
The afterbirth has been cleaned,166Please respect copyright.PENANAQpoZ4mpssf
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.166Please respect copyright.PENANAb77Rm2lU5S
166Please respect copyright.PENANABgj5cKR2Q1
I fell in love with her the moment166Please respect copyright.PENANAbwaDffy0Ci
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes166Please respect copyright.PENANAw8nl0MQZ7U
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped166Please respect copyright.PENANAeXlZGThUGJ
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.166Please respect copyright.PENANAY3GfdY02TF
166Please respect copyright.PENANADCmHfOaJ3J
Now I'm searching for a literary agent166Please respect copyright.PENANAOSGiZVgINS
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl166Please respect copyright.PENANAPmKzGXlZM9
Hoping they will love her166Please respect copyright.PENANA0dC8waPNe0
But knowing they may not.166Please respect copyright.PENANATogt8V8FLF
166Please respect copyright.PENANAFBCzO9XgcQ
If I can't send her off to finishing school,166Please respect copyright.PENANA6HaqZbkm8r
I will home school her, teach her all I know,166Please respect copyright.PENANAqzt1e5zb49
And ready her as best I can to face the world,166Please respect copyright.PENANAxgJepqDEBh
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.166Please respect copyright.PENANA3R4ES2YGg0
166Please respect copyright.PENANA6ITiktGlBc
If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,166Please respect copyright.PENANAGNXFwCUb8K
In a year or so if life will allow it,166Please respect copyright.PENANAlMipmmSe8w
My heart is large and still has room,166Please respect copyright.PENANARtsI9kldXU
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.166Please respect copyright.PENANAaAd6GRD5OQ
166Please respect copyright.PENANAGz67JrEjLo
You can hear me read this poem in my newest poetry reading (of just this poem) here:

166Please respect copyright.PENANATohFKDoTwK
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