I've lived in 1987 for the past two months,133Please respect copyright.PENANAsRyIWDDETB
Every waking moment and in my every dream,133Please respect copyright.PENANAZnNiPEeVGO
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,133Please respect copyright.PENANADKek5WRNJQ
As is still the case although the work is now done.133Please respect copyright.PENANAC4omcgv1dI
133Please respect copyright.PENANA1IlGLNpD2g
Idealistic young lawyer,133Please respect copyright.PENANArUvFrtLByY
In his first posting as a dean,133Please respect copyright.PENANAl9F7skRdTc
In a for-profit business school,133Please respect copyright.PENANAdXakfPOWms
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.133Please respect copyright.PENANAFXbGwaYSbN
133Please respect copyright.PENANAxybcAmhvOy
Worked very long hours,133Please respect copyright.PENANA567qeVP6ol
To change what was wrong,133Please respect copyright.PENANArQemlvC3lu
Achieved great success,133Please respect copyright.PENANAzCzJaGsfij
Which all came to naught.133Please respect copyright.PENANAxj9c5wzD66
133Please respect copyright.PENANAVTQUmAGNbs
Made friends while tilting at windmills,133Please respect copyright.PENANAZ590eMM0Id
Stubbornly refusing to accept,133Please respect copyright.PENANATjDuRezsO9
That which could be changed through simple hard work,133Please respect copyright.PENANAEOAMsYdMPH
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.133Please respect copyright.PENANAqYku3Z1W1o
133Please respect copyright.PENANAAYGvZhHMv9
A classic clash of missions and visions,133Please respect copyright.PENANAiPICOtsGGB
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,133Please respect copyright.PENANAOk9IZunDcx
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,133Please respect copyright.PENANAK3X1qVg2Pt
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.133Please respect copyright.PENANAVq4lNtQIE1
133Please respect copyright.PENANAi1WRKjmuAl
I implemented meaningful changes,133Please respect copyright.PENANA2LMzTJw8Eq
That brought unintended consequences,133Please respect copyright.PENANAND7hALYds0
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,133Please respect copyright.PENANASt1gW9MW6U
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.133Please respect copyright.PENANAkMBka1G9cb
133Please respect copyright.PENANAmyla5MDJkj
And I learned critical lessons,133Please respect copyright.PENANA6ONeLV3eHR
Not just about an industry I did not know,133Please respect copyright.PENANAYoxEjdaa3B
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,133Please respect copyright.PENANAy8PQXwTb1j
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.133Please respect copyright.PENANAczcgIBPVVS
133Please respect copyright.PENANAwfp7qYfFMI
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,133Please respect copyright.PENANAw1CbQ03Ajt
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,133Please respect copyright.PENANAGJexiIOkRh
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,133Please respect copyright.PENANAs9MqveLVcy
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.133Please respect copyright.PENANAPm5pc5PTM7
133Please respect copyright.PENANAxKeYAvjLZI
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,133Please respect copyright.PENANAn1aIFN6czO
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,133Please respect copyright.PENANAitZI2Bdu0p
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,133Please respect copyright.PENANA4xNXCme4ic
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.133Please respect copyright.PENANACiNS2mQUN8
133Please respect copyright.PENANAdn6xITtEPJ
Scars long ago faded opened up anew,133Please respect copyright.PENANADfTSHNSYlB
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,133Please respect copyright.PENANAB8ugaK0yDC
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,133Please respect copyright.PENANA2bCvFLxQFZ
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.133Please respect copyright.PENANAWgeTBjrfV8
133Please respect copyright.PENANAcm4pEtbh8k
After two decades of gestation,133Please respect copyright.PENANAA0kTbf1WwA
I've now given birth to my first child,133Please respect copyright.PENANAEx8vx3djuL
The afterbirth has been cleaned,133Please respect copyright.PENANAoOafFdZ0JR
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.133Please respect copyright.PENANAqriqSJKJKs
133Please respect copyright.PENANAUCP1pvWQit
I fell in love with her the moment133Please respect copyright.PENANA4SPhfJTc12
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes133Please respect copyright.PENANAyHiWthxRin
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped133Please respect copyright.PENANAyLv4LCTSxx
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.133Please respect copyright.PENANASUs6aBNTLo
133Please respect copyright.PENANAYsv4ONhJzN
Now I'm searching for a literary agent133Please respect copyright.PENANATB3w1O7B9P
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl133Please respect copyright.PENANAVCJQBr9n0E
Hoping they will love her133Please respect copyright.PENANAAVXYN0Izhw
But knowing they may not.133Please respect copyright.PENANAnsxsZxyZ9A
133Please respect copyright.PENANAhzsHBT4eOD
If I can't send her off to finishing school,133Please respect copyright.PENANAIdAVC3vJPI
I will home school her, teach her all I know,133Please respect copyright.PENANAb1GCAPL7V1
And ready her as best I can to face the world,133Please respect copyright.PENANAZp8BSgKSyi
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.133Please respect copyright.PENANANNhr3MrXXw
133Please respect copyright.PENANANspXlafap8
If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,133Please respect copyright.PENANARyYQRsbVi2
In a year or so if life will allow it,133Please respect copyright.PENANAjvpMncKOKS
My heart is large and still has room,133Please respect copyright.PENANA1Jtvq167A9
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.133Please respect copyright.PENANAWuVcIxWCUT
133Please respect copyright.PENANALRKxneJhXh
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,133Please respect copyright.PENANAZnNiPEeVGO
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,133Please respect copyright.PENANADKek5WRNJQ
As is still the case although the work is now done.133Please respect copyright.PENANAC4omcgv1dI
133Please respect copyright.PENANA1IlGLNpD2g
Idealistic young lawyer,133Please respect copyright.PENANArUvFrtLByY
In his first posting as a dean,133Please respect copyright.PENANAl9F7skRdTc
In a for-profit business school,133Please respect copyright.PENANAdXakfPOWms
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.133Please respect copyright.PENANAFXbGwaYSbN
133Please respect copyright.PENANAxybcAmhvOy
Worked very long hours,133Please respect copyright.PENANA567qeVP6ol
To change what was wrong,133Please respect copyright.PENANArQemlvC3lu
Achieved great success,133Please respect copyright.PENANAzCzJaGsfij
Which all came to naught.133Please respect copyright.PENANAxj9c5wzD66
133Please respect copyright.PENANAVTQUmAGNbs
Made friends while tilting at windmills,133Please respect copyright.PENANAZ590eMM0Id
Stubbornly refusing to accept,133Please respect copyright.PENANATjDuRezsO9
That which could be changed through simple hard work,133Please respect copyright.PENANAEOAMsYdMPH
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.133Please respect copyright.PENANAqYku3Z1W1o
133Please respect copyright.PENANAAYGvZhHMv9
A classic clash of missions and visions,133Please respect copyright.PENANAiPICOtsGGB
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,133Please respect copyright.PENANAOk9IZunDcx
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,133Please respect copyright.PENANAK3X1qVg2Pt
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.133Please respect copyright.PENANAVq4lNtQIE1
133Please respect copyright.PENANAi1WRKjmuAl
I implemented meaningful changes,133Please respect copyright.PENANA2LMzTJw8Eq
That brought unintended consequences,133Please respect copyright.PENANAND7hALYds0
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,133Please respect copyright.PENANASt1gW9MW6U
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.133Please respect copyright.PENANAkMBka1G9cb
133Please respect copyright.PENANAmyla5MDJkj
And I learned critical lessons,133Please respect copyright.PENANA6ONeLV3eHR
Not just about an industry I did not know,133Please respect copyright.PENANAYoxEjdaa3B
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,133Please respect copyright.PENANAy8PQXwTb1j
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.133Please respect copyright.PENANAczcgIBPVVS
133Please respect copyright.PENANAwfp7qYfFMI
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,133Please respect copyright.PENANAw1CbQ03Ajt
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,133Please respect copyright.PENANAGJexiIOkRh
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,133Please respect copyright.PENANAs9MqveLVcy
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.133Please respect copyright.PENANAPm5pc5PTM7
133Please respect copyright.PENANAxKeYAvjLZI
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,133Please respect copyright.PENANAn1aIFN6czO
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,133Please respect copyright.PENANAitZI2Bdu0p
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,133Please respect copyright.PENANA4xNXCme4ic
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.133Please respect copyright.PENANACiNS2mQUN8
133Please respect copyright.PENANAdn6xITtEPJ
Scars long ago faded opened up anew,133Please respect copyright.PENANADfTSHNSYlB
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,133Please respect copyright.PENANAB8ugaK0yDC
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,133Please respect copyright.PENANA2bCvFLxQFZ
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.133Please respect copyright.PENANAWgeTBjrfV8
133Please respect copyright.PENANAcm4pEtbh8k
After two decades of gestation,133Please respect copyright.PENANAA0kTbf1WwA
I've now given birth to my first child,133Please respect copyright.PENANAEx8vx3djuL
The afterbirth has been cleaned,133Please respect copyright.PENANAoOafFdZ0JR
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.133Please respect copyright.PENANAqriqSJKJKs
133Please respect copyright.PENANAUCP1pvWQit
I fell in love with her the moment133Please respect copyright.PENANA4SPhfJTc12
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes133Please respect copyright.PENANAyHiWthxRin
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped133Please respect copyright.PENANAyLv4LCTSxx
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.133Please respect copyright.PENANASUs6aBNTLo
133Please respect copyright.PENANAYsv4ONhJzN
Now I'm searching for a literary agent133Please respect copyright.PENANATB3w1O7B9P
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl133Please respect copyright.PENANAVCJQBr9n0E
Hoping they will love her133Please respect copyright.PENANAAVXYN0Izhw
But knowing they may not.133Please respect copyright.PENANAnsxsZxyZ9A
133Please respect copyright.PENANAhzsHBT4eOD
If I can't send her off to finishing school,133Please respect copyright.PENANAIdAVC3vJPI
I will home school her, teach her all I know,133Please respect copyright.PENANAb1GCAPL7V1
And ready her as best I can to face the world,133Please respect copyright.PENANAZp8BSgKSyi
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.133Please respect copyright.PENANANNhr3MrXXw
133Please respect copyright.PENANANspXlafap8
If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,133Please respect copyright.PENANARyYQRsbVi2
In a year or so if life will allow it,133Please respect copyright.PENANAjvpMncKOKS
My heart is large and still has room,133Please respect copyright.PENANA1Jtvq167A9
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.133Please respect copyright.PENANAWuVcIxWCUT
133Please respect copyright.PENANALRKxneJhXh
You can hear me read this poem in my newest poetry reading (of just this poem) here:

133Please respect copyright.PENANAY9stAgY6UE
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