I've lived in 1987 for the past two months,21Please respect copyright.PENANAaFnIpQftDw
Every waking moment and in my every dream,21Please respect copyright.PENANA7UGxZZLAUC
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,21Please respect copyright.PENANAUQsDq6geW7
As is still the case although the work is now done.21Please respect copyright.PENANAL7EtBcis9i
21Please respect copyright.PENANAiGflDLJ0hM
Idealistic young lawyer,21Please respect copyright.PENANAXZgovp9mQo
In his first posting as a dean,21Please respect copyright.PENANAGhr2FiF163
In a for-profit business school,21Please respect copyright.PENANAmrQvWF2iTZ
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.21Please respect copyright.PENANACQZ0iLOMpd
21Please respect copyright.PENANA52xLPSJJuw
Worked very long hours,21Please respect copyright.PENANAdTG3yLc9d7
To change what was wrong,21Please respect copyright.PENANAK8mUrVTpva
Achieved great success,21Please respect copyright.PENANAEbSsS9HKV9
Which all came to naught.21Please respect copyright.PENANAaNSgbSKabC
21Please respect copyright.PENANAeOiaQ78qOP
Made friends while tilting at windmills,21Please respect copyright.PENANAcRuIvLk0kC
Stubbornly refusing to accept,21Please respect copyright.PENANAWgmJlkri03
That which could be changed through simple hard work,21Please respect copyright.PENANA51Hh8yv1XE
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.21Please respect copyright.PENANACr7AqTRlbQ
21Please respect copyright.PENANAhvWxGJfdiw
A classic clash of missions and visions,21Please respect copyright.PENANAzfhgWTaNeJ
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,21Please respect copyright.PENANArENCbhD9nE
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,21Please respect copyright.PENANA4NoTAt5QJb
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.21Please respect copyright.PENANAfH9i6AdVkp
21Please respect copyright.PENANAD8tRZ78y4F
I implemented meaningful changes,21Please respect copyright.PENANAV4HWseOzf1
That brought unintended consequences,21Please respect copyright.PENANATRmIP1O4L5
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,21Please respect copyright.PENANAFYfbApNz9o
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.21Please respect copyright.PENANAwUtpSRXJRZ
21Please respect copyright.PENANAmiWBIklU2g
And I learned critical lessons,21Please respect copyright.PENANAOqo8q69zwr
Not just about an industry I did not know,21Please respect copyright.PENANA5wNbVwQWMI
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,21Please respect copyright.PENANAFnzfHY6GWB
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.21Please respect copyright.PENANAz7F1PrWreP
21Please respect copyright.PENANAOvXy8fYRiA
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,21Please respect copyright.PENANApiBdSYYdE7
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,21Please respect copyright.PENANAxqdfNdqth4
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,21Please respect copyright.PENANAeSvjvmGXun
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.21Please respect copyright.PENANANtdLoLwvgH
21Please respect copyright.PENANAFOFO9sBEha
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,21Please respect copyright.PENANAQPaV9d9zi4
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,21Please respect copyright.PENANA1e4sxm8U34
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,21Please respect copyright.PENANAdKEULP9KR7
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.21Please respect copyright.PENANArKiSkxcYeA
21Please respect copyright.PENANAfkOZ8I5k4R
Scars long ago faded opened up anew,21Please respect copyright.PENANA6tjFw8m1pR
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,21Please respect copyright.PENANAf9im7meLXG
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,21Please respect copyright.PENANAXIrFuojh5A
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.21Please respect copyright.PENANA3XjDNGyWpS
21Please respect copyright.PENANAKbF0EQkzoT
After two decades of gestation,21Please respect copyright.PENANAzLPFhWrYhQ
I've now given birth to my first child,21Please respect copyright.PENANAoOKFpGfGJc
The afterbirth has been cleaned,21Please respect copyright.PENANAtYaA2UjL1V
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.21Please respect copyright.PENANAROqsC3nITg
21Please respect copyright.PENANA3rhi3XJfD5
I fell in love with her the moment21Please respect copyright.PENANAzE5lXXRTga
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes21Please respect copyright.PENANAmX85YtUsZp
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped21Please respect copyright.PENANAZI2jxzMtlg
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.21Please respect copyright.PENANAIdbZbB4ytb
21Please respect copyright.PENANAtMe2lChlgA
Now I'm searching for a literary agent21Please respect copyright.PENANAB0sjqMaSJL
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl21Please respect copyright.PENANA36h09PuTyK
Hoping they will love her21Please respect copyright.PENANAtmH0rJGNt5
But knowing they may not.21Please respect copyright.PENANAv6MjmOCZ5c
21Please respect copyright.PENANAJ2zfnSfVMN
If I can't send her off to finishing school,21Please respect copyright.PENANA6QgET7yzIw
I will home school her, teach her all I know,21Please respect copyright.PENANALXL5hygf1g
And ready her as best I can to face the world,21Please respect copyright.PENANAI58Yp5Jfj6
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.21Please respect copyright.PENANAZXuf5aHIlI
21Please respect copyright.PENANAGzficlx1is
If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,21Please respect copyright.PENANA3R33nGk4xa
In a year or so if life will allow it,21Please respect copyright.PENANAM8TjYVEBB0
My heart is large and still has room,21Please respect copyright.PENANA7Yj8mhuumk
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.21Please respect copyright.PENANAlnuXT5A0Pd
21Please respect copyright.PENANAiYayUCpDiy
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,21Please respect copyright.PENANA7UGxZZLAUC
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,21Please respect copyright.PENANAUQsDq6geW7
As is still the case although the work is now done.21Please respect copyright.PENANAL7EtBcis9i
21Please respect copyright.PENANAiGflDLJ0hM
Idealistic young lawyer,21Please respect copyright.PENANAXZgovp9mQo
In his first posting as a dean,21Please respect copyright.PENANAGhr2FiF163
In a for-profit business school,21Please respect copyright.PENANAmrQvWF2iTZ
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.21Please respect copyright.PENANACQZ0iLOMpd
21Please respect copyright.PENANA52xLPSJJuw
Worked very long hours,21Please respect copyright.PENANAdTG3yLc9d7
To change what was wrong,21Please respect copyright.PENANAK8mUrVTpva
Achieved great success,21Please respect copyright.PENANAEbSsS9HKV9
Which all came to naught.21Please respect copyright.PENANAaNSgbSKabC
21Please respect copyright.PENANAeOiaQ78qOP
Made friends while tilting at windmills,21Please respect copyright.PENANAcRuIvLk0kC
Stubbornly refusing to accept,21Please respect copyright.PENANAWgmJlkri03
That which could be changed through simple hard work,21Please respect copyright.PENANA51Hh8yv1XE
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.21Please respect copyright.PENANACr7AqTRlbQ
21Please respect copyright.PENANAhvWxGJfdiw
A classic clash of missions and visions,21Please respect copyright.PENANAzfhgWTaNeJ
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,21Please respect copyright.PENANArENCbhD9nE
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,21Please respect copyright.PENANA4NoTAt5QJb
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.21Please respect copyright.PENANAfH9i6AdVkp
21Please respect copyright.PENANAD8tRZ78y4F
I implemented meaningful changes,21Please respect copyright.PENANAV4HWseOzf1
That brought unintended consequences,21Please respect copyright.PENANATRmIP1O4L5
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,21Please respect copyright.PENANAFYfbApNz9o
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.21Please respect copyright.PENANAwUtpSRXJRZ
21Please respect copyright.PENANAmiWBIklU2g
And I learned critical lessons,21Please respect copyright.PENANAOqo8q69zwr
Not just about an industry I did not know,21Please respect copyright.PENANA5wNbVwQWMI
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,21Please respect copyright.PENANAFnzfHY6GWB
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.21Please respect copyright.PENANAz7F1PrWreP
21Please respect copyright.PENANAOvXy8fYRiA
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,21Please respect copyright.PENANApiBdSYYdE7
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,21Please respect copyright.PENANAxqdfNdqth4
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,21Please respect copyright.PENANAeSvjvmGXun
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.21Please respect copyright.PENANANtdLoLwvgH
21Please respect copyright.PENANAFOFO9sBEha
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,21Please respect copyright.PENANAQPaV9d9zi4
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,21Please respect copyright.PENANA1e4sxm8U34
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,21Please respect copyright.PENANAdKEULP9KR7
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.21Please respect copyright.PENANArKiSkxcYeA
21Please respect copyright.PENANAfkOZ8I5k4R
Scars long ago faded opened up anew,21Please respect copyright.PENANA6tjFw8m1pR
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,21Please respect copyright.PENANAf9im7meLXG
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,21Please respect copyright.PENANAXIrFuojh5A
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.21Please respect copyright.PENANA3XjDNGyWpS
21Please respect copyright.PENANAKbF0EQkzoT
After two decades of gestation,21Please respect copyright.PENANAzLPFhWrYhQ
I've now given birth to my first child,21Please respect copyright.PENANAoOKFpGfGJc
The afterbirth has been cleaned,21Please respect copyright.PENANAtYaA2UjL1V
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.21Please respect copyright.PENANAROqsC3nITg
21Please respect copyright.PENANA3rhi3XJfD5
I fell in love with her the moment21Please respect copyright.PENANAzE5lXXRTga
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes21Please respect copyright.PENANAmX85YtUsZp
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped21Please respect copyright.PENANAZI2jxzMtlg
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.21Please respect copyright.PENANAIdbZbB4ytb
21Please respect copyright.PENANAtMe2lChlgA
Now I'm searching for a literary agent21Please respect copyright.PENANAB0sjqMaSJL
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl21Please respect copyright.PENANA36h09PuTyK
Hoping they will love her21Please respect copyright.PENANAtmH0rJGNt5
But knowing they may not.21Please respect copyright.PENANAv6MjmOCZ5c
21Please respect copyright.PENANAJ2zfnSfVMN
If I can't send her off to finishing school,21Please respect copyright.PENANA6QgET7yzIw
I will home school her, teach her all I know,21Please respect copyright.PENANALXL5hygf1g
And ready her as best I can to face the world,21Please respect copyright.PENANAI58Yp5Jfj6
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.21Please respect copyright.PENANAZXuf5aHIlI
21Please respect copyright.PENANAGzficlx1is
If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,21Please respect copyright.PENANA3R33nGk4xa
In a year or so if life will allow it,21Please respect copyright.PENANAM8TjYVEBB0
My heart is large and still has room,21Please respect copyright.PENANA7Yj8mhuumk
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.21Please respect copyright.PENANAlnuXT5A0Pd
21Please respect copyright.PENANAiYayUCpDiy
You can hear me read this poem in my newest poetry reading (of just this poem) here:

21Please respect copyright.PENANASTDNgFfonI
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