I've lived in 1987 for the past two months,58Please respect copyright.PENANAQUpFqWm9a2
Every waking moment and in my every dream,58Please respect copyright.PENANADBj2iK71Yo
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,58Please respect copyright.PENANAnRDlrqbmhA
As is still the case although the work is now done.58Please respect copyright.PENANA7KciV2DCNY
58Please respect copyright.PENANAkGzHAyjG8N
Idealistic young lawyer,58Please respect copyright.PENANA8rUyjcyb7O
In his first posting as a dean,58Please respect copyright.PENANAdqw4sQQxC3
In a for-profit business school,58Please respect copyright.PENANAvOSlPsd8z1
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.58Please respect copyright.PENANAp7PrF76T19
58Please respect copyright.PENANAXZDwxSmzup
Worked very long hours,58Please respect copyright.PENANAc6zTTiQad7
To change what was wrong,58Please respect copyright.PENANArv6Hqif8MA
Achieved great success,58Please respect copyright.PENANA6DLnuZPrWs
Which all came to naught.58Please respect copyright.PENANAO2SCVlG4jV
58Please respect copyright.PENANAl0VE4reE77
Made friends while tilting at windmills,58Please respect copyright.PENANABvDDqV85zC
Stubbornly refusing to accept,58Please respect copyright.PENANAs4ONR9hsX2
That which could be changed through simple hard work,58Please respect copyright.PENANAwuoQB3H02X
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.58Please respect copyright.PENANA4p9mKQijGv
58Please respect copyright.PENANAG5gVrVxMcA
A classic clash of missions and visions,58Please respect copyright.PENANAMYC4VBl3d5
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,58Please respect copyright.PENANAYo70sZdPkc
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,58Please respect copyright.PENANAC9B0LWZeFV
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.58Please respect copyright.PENANAOIx8MCbOkm
58Please respect copyright.PENANAnCdM0OwUUn
I implemented meaningful changes,58Please respect copyright.PENANAGxsLGmAGz1
That brought unintended consequences,58Please respect copyright.PENANA4g2ZEZtIoz
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,58Please respect copyright.PENANAHqut4WiSnd
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.58Please respect copyright.PENANA53B3aDLJwV
58Please respect copyright.PENANABn5lVSOqWV
And I learned critical lessons,58Please respect copyright.PENANAitFc1N03xL
Not just about an industry I did not know,58Please respect copyright.PENANAmrqDEZQLUU
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,58Please respect copyright.PENANASwjr06DEiE
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.58Please respect copyright.PENANATHd49z1Hyd
58Please respect copyright.PENANAcSoKNQ7KHg
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,58Please respect copyright.PENANAeVsSJfpOlz
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,58Please respect copyright.PENANADSYsZCG2wK
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,58Please respect copyright.PENANAqwWH8OJuxV
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.58Please respect copyright.PENANAQrbdKx4wJb
58Please respect copyright.PENANAgf6IeiwYIr
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,58Please respect copyright.PENANARZhvC3J0oI
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,58Please respect copyright.PENANAUAAVwcWQsW
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,58Please respect copyright.PENANALsMwN6oy5j
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.58Please respect copyright.PENANAB9DauoGQls
58Please respect copyright.PENANA2e6M8qPJot
Scars long ago faded opened up anew,58Please respect copyright.PENANAsH5C1GejQp
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,58Please respect copyright.PENANAdWszLoxOzc
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,58Please respect copyright.PENANAfRDogcmWXb
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.58Please respect copyright.PENANAucUk5xYC1M
58Please respect copyright.PENANA3mA9RoKts6
After two decades of gestation,58Please respect copyright.PENANAKy16Wvm3Dv
I've now given birth to my first child,58Please respect copyright.PENANAap9yy0CNi5
The afterbirth has been cleaned,58Please respect copyright.PENANAhRApuz4Ia6
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.58Please respect copyright.PENANAmTjv4tK34M
58Please respect copyright.PENANAY5TREfcB0G
I fell in love with her the moment58Please respect copyright.PENANAPfyz9jtDsZ
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes58Please respect copyright.PENANAQ21Hv0rr3s
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped58Please respect copyright.PENANAMVXB2elGc5
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.58Please respect copyright.PENANAiWTJEWVoVC
58Please respect copyright.PENANA8KKx9ZesD7
Now I'm searching for a literary agent58Please respect copyright.PENANAg1hOaDVXdn
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl58Please respect copyright.PENANAUHgxMkq0KF
Hoping they will love her58Please respect copyright.PENANA1N9czCTjvM
But knowing they may not.58Please respect copyright.PENANAqSW5B9LJH1
58Please respect copyright.PENANAHHkkCYPfjW
If I can't send her off to finishing school,58Please respect copyright.PENANApeEcTP5H1u
I will home school her, teach her all I know,58Please respect copyright.PENANAXTfYatYKkP
And ready her as best I can to face the world,58Please respect copyright.PENANAgA2uYlDxnA
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.58Please respect copyright.PENANALVQzp1COwP
58Please respect copyright.PENANAqeDnrMWuFG
If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,58Please respect copyright.PENANAqaxUqrfjwa
In a year or so if life will allow it,58Please respect copyright.PENANAEJHSAISXcL
My heart is large and still has room,58Please respect copyright.PENANA7rtlCXlmzz
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.58Please respect copyright.PENANAoeCU4ADnhI
58Please respect copyright.PENANAAUgeu4M5oG
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,58Please respect copyright.PENANADBj2iK71Yo
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,58Please respect copyright.PENANAnRDlrqbmhA
As is still the case although the work is now done.58Please respect copyright.PENANA7KciV2DCNY
58Please respect copyright.PENANAkGzHAyjG8N
Idealistic young lawyer,58Please respect copyright.PENANA8rUyjcyb7O
In his first posting as a dean,58Please respect copyright.PENANAdqw4sQQxC3
In a for-profit business school,58Please respect copyright.PENANAvOSlPsd8z1
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.58Please respect copyright.PENANAp7PrF76T19
58Please respect copyright.PENANAXZDwxSmzup
Worked very long hours,58Please respect copyright.PENANAc6zTTiQad7
To change what was wrong,58Please respect copyright.PENANArv6Hqif8MA
Achieved great success,58Please respect copyright.PENANA6DLnuZPrWs
Which all came to naught.58Please respect copyright.PENANAO2SCVlG4jV
58Please respect copyright.PENANAl0VE4reE77
Made friends while tilting at windmills,58Please respect copyright.PENANABvDDqV85zC
Stubbornly refusing to accept,58Please respect copyright.PENANAs4ONR9hsX2
That which could be changed through simple hard work,58Please respect copyright.PENANAwuoQB3H02X
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.58Please respect copyright.PENANA4p9mKQijGv
58Please respect copyright.PENANAG5gVrVxMcA
A classic clash of missions and visions,58Please respect copyright.PENANAMYC4VBl3d5
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,58Please respect copyright.PENANAYo70sZdPkc
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,58Please respect copyright.PENANAC9B0LWZeFV
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.58Please respect copyright.PENANAOIx8MCbOkm
58Please respect copyright.PENANAnCdM0OwUUn
I implemented meaningful changes,58Please respect copyright.PENANAGxsLGmAGz1
That brought unintended consequences,58Please respect copyright.PENANA4g2ZEZtIoz
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,58Please respect copyright.PENANAHqut4WiSnd
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.58Please respect copyright.PENANA53B3aDLJwV
58Please respect copyright.PENANABn5lVSOqWV
And I learned critical lessons,58Please respect copyright.PENANAitFc1N03xL
Not just about an industry I did not know,58Please respect copyright.PENANAmrqDEZQLUU
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,58Please respect copyright.PENANASwjr06DEiE
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.58Please respect copyright.PENANATHd49z1Hyd
58Please respect copyright.PENANAcSoKNQ7KHg
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,58Please respect copyright.PENANAeVsSJfpOlz
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,58Please respect copyright.PENANADSYsZCG2wK
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,58Please respect copyright.PENANAqwWH8OJuxV
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.58Please respect copyright.PENANAQrbdKx4wJb
58Please respect copyright.PENANAgf6IeiwYIr
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,58Please respect copyright.PENANARZhvC3J0oI
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,58Please respect copyright.PENANAUAAVwcWQsW
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,58Please respect copyright.PENANALsMwN6oy5j
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.58Please respect copyright.PENANAB9DauoGQls
58Please respect copyright.PENANA2e6M8qPJot
Scars long ago faded opened up anew,58Please respect copyright.PENANAsH5C1GejQp
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,58Please respect copyright.PENANAdWszLoxOzc
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,58Please respect copyright.PENANAfRDogcmWXb
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.58Please respect copyright.PENANAucUk5xYC1M
58Please respect copyright.PENANA3mA9RoKts6
After two decades of gestation,58Please respect copyright.PENANAKy16Wvm3Dv
I've now given birth to my first child,58Please respect copyright.PENANAap9yy0CNi5
The afterbirth has been cleaned,58Please respect copyright.PENANAhRApuz4Ia6
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.58Please respect copyright.PENANAmTjv4tK34M
58Please respect copyright.PENANAY5TREfcB0G
I fell in love with her the moment58Please respect copyright.PENANAPfyz9jtDsZ
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes58Please respect copyright.PENANAQ21Hv0rr3s
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped58Please respect copyright.PENANAMVXB2elGc5
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.58Please respect copyright.PENANAiWTJEWVoVC
58Please respect copyright.PENANA8KKx9ZesD7
Now I'm searching for a literary agent58Please respect copyright.PENANAg1hOaDVXdn
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl58Please respect copyright.PENANAUHgxMkq0KF
Hoping they will love her58Please respect copyright.PENANA1N9czCTjvM
But knowing they may not.58Please respect copyright.PENANAqSW5B9LJH1
58Please respect copyright.PENANAHHkkCYPfjW
If I can't send her off to finishing school,58Please respect copyright.PENANApeEcTP5H1u
I will home school her, teach her all I know,58Please respect copyright.PENANAXTfYatYKkP
And ready her as best I can to face the world,58Please respect copyright.PENANAgA2uYlDxnA
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.58Please respect copyright.PENANALVQzp1COwP
58Please respect copyright.PENANAqeDnrMWuFG
If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,58Please respect copyright.PENANAqaxUqrfjwa
In a year or so if life will allow it,58Please respect copyright.PENANAEJHSAISXcL
My heart is large and still has room,58Please respect copyright.PENANA7rtlCXlmzz
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.58Please respect copyright.PENANAoeCU4ADnhI
58Please respect copyright.PENANAAUgeu4M5oG
You can hear me read this poem in my newest poetry reading (of just this poem) here:

58Please respect copyright.PENANAi3ZukA9z3n
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