I've lived in 1987 for the past two months,134Please respect copyright.PENANAU2r103CVbZ
Every waking moment and in my every dream,134Please respect copyright.PENANALvAASaMJJS
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,134Please respect copyright.PENANAvQugM3DfWX
As is still the case although the work is now done.134Please respect copyright.PENANAoqxH7MYzDt
134Please respect copyright.PENANAQ72CsxtnN8
Idealistic young lawyer,134Please respect copyright.PENANArkKCd1DZuG
In his first posting as a dean,134Please respect copyright.PENANA8Denho9QoS
In a for-profit business school,134Please respect copyright.PENANArveLVKPhq8
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.134Please respect copyright.PENANAhqRnn5LZjD
134Please respect copyright.PENANARb5Vu5SldO
Worked very long hours,134Please respect copyright.PENANAOELP4pAVSA
To change what was wrong,134Please respect copyright.PENANAVo1XxbeStK
Achieved great success,134Please respect copyright.PENANAXbN9CYREdt
Which all came to naught.134Please respect copyright.PENANAygfAABIUEi
134Please respect copyright.PENANAbSAMc30y0e
Made friends while tilting at windmills,134Please respect copyright.PENANAenvQMKmmwo
Stubbornly refusing to accept,134Please respect copyright.PENANAoaYB26ibII
That which could be changed through simple hard work,134Please respect copyright.PENANAi9hPqq8lmD
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.134Please respect copyright.PENANADiiGNK9JZU
134Please respect copyright.PENANAm5aJ6PtabN
A classic clash of missions and visions,134Please respect copyright.PENANAfax8oECMFP
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,134Please respect copyright.PENANAajBfaWmJjF
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,134Please respect copyright.PENANAM1AI0hRK2g
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.134Please respect copyright.PENANA49FhcriuRQ
134Please respect copyright.PENANAWyiLBGt3Tb
I implemented meaningful changes,134Please respect copyright.PENANAtcwgCHosyh
That brought unintended consequences,134Please respect copyright.PENANAsB4GVgjY6x
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,134Please respect copyright.PENANA73BN8e5uoJ
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.134Please respect copyright.PENANA6JrZEjvbwe
134Please respect copyright.PENANAlSv1oS6NVn
And I learned critical lessons,134Please respect copyright.PENANAGKETZ5BCCK
Not just about an industry I did not know,134Please respect copyright.PENANAPvPnkQPFoy
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,134Please respect copyright.PENANAJAGZ8F869s
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.134Please respect copyright.PENANAeibZSjQcBc
134Please respect copyright.PENANAY76OsR2VG3
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,134Please respect copyright.PENANAmMYtfgDOPC
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,134Please respect copyright.PENANACR67vLIGG1
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,134Please respect copyright.PENANAnQ1rqSpLuh
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.134Please respect copyright.PENANAslu5H9FOi1
134Please respect copyright.PENANAU4A8SaFjPA
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,134Please respect copyright.PENANA30W4KopHI6
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,134Please respect copyright.PENANAnnzxYKD6HR
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,134Please respect copyright.PENANAPRikfAFscv
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.134Please respect copyright.PENANA3qRlhIf3Pb
134Please respect copyright.PENANAYBM8jwmO8S
Scars long ago faded opened up anew,134Please respect copyright.PENANAIryhnhc1hz
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,134Please respect copyright.PENANAor4NgNUG6B
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,134Please respect copyright.PENANAx8CLz8zTg5
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.134Please respect copyright.PENANATUgmz8hQVb
134Please respect copyright.PENANAfZ745Z9uTe
After two decades of gestation,134Please respect copyright.PENANA6fFP1mqC81
I've now given birth to my first child,134Please respect copyright.PENANAEn9Kimz66Q
The afterbirth has been cleaned,134Please respect copyright.PENANAyzDon5lXwa
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.134Please respect copyright.PENANAMNxziBfJOI
134Please respect copyright.PENANABt4ZLfSdWK
I fell in love with her the moment134Please respect copyright.PENANAGNRpVLVfqV
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes134Please respect copyright.PENANABhnRwD299V
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped134Please respect copyright.PENANAk6Uxb08TJU
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.134Please respect copyright.PENANAkHPOzTQ8qB
134Please respect copyright.PENANARb1kz0gktm
Now I'm searching for a literary agent134Please respect copyright.PENANAvPaJwWDLSb
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl134Please respect copyright.PENANA6RQBWM7Q0Y
Hoping they will love her134Please respect copyright.PENANAeXRD0umdWp
But knowing they may not.134Please respect copyright.PENANAQt3fGZ2vXG
134Please respect copyright.PENANAjo9OJwln6r
If I can't send her off to finishing school,134Please respect copyright.PENANAPB6WxocdxQ
I will home school her, teach her all I know,134Please respect copyright.PENANAawJY5QPFc0
And ready her as best I can to face the world,134Please respect copyright.PENANAOVg7NMsPIv
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.134Please respect copyright.PENANAD23EI3YbfQ
134Please respect copyright.PENANAOQEbbkcic0
If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,134Please respect copyright.PENANAyKDbD2DNm8
In a year or so if life will allow it,134Please respect copyright.PENANAIFTHTHVYfc
My heart is large and still has room,134Please respect copyright.PENANAyRzTvcuN8V
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.134Please respect copyright.PENANAzDrsfiSaQt
134Please respect copyright.PENANAAjWl1tdEF4
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,134Please respect copyright.PENANALvAASaMJJS
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,134Please respect copyright.PENANAvQugM3DfWX
As is still the case although the work is now done.134Please respect copyright.PENANAoqxH7MYzDt
134Please respect copyright.PENANAQ72CsxtnN8
Idealistic young lawyer,134Please respect copyright.PENANArkKCd1DZuG
In his first posting as a dean,134Please respect copyright.PENANA8Denho9QoS
In a for-profit business school,134Please respect copyright.PENANArveLVKPhq8
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.134Please respect copyright.PENANAhqRnn5LZjD
134Please respect copyright.PENANARb5Vu5SldO
Worked very long hours,134Please respect copyright.PENANAOELP4pAVSA
To change what was wrong,134Please respect copyright.PENANAVo1XxbeStK
Achieved great success,134Please respect copyright.PENANAXbN9CYREdt
Which all came to naught.134Please respect copyright.PENANAygfAABIUEi
134Please respect copyright.PENANAbSAMc30y0e
Made friends while tilting at windmills,134Please respect copyright.PENANAenvQMKmmwo
Stubbornly refusing to accept,134Please respect copyright.PENANAoaYB26ibII
That which could be changed through simple hard work,134Please respect copyright.PENANAi9hPqq8lmD
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.134Please respect copyright.PENANADiiGNK9JZU
134Please respect copyright.PENANAm5aJ6PtabN
A classic clash of missions and visions,134Please respect copyright.PENANAfax8oECMFP
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,134Please respect copyright.PENANAajBfaWmJjF
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,134Please respect copyright.PENANAM1AI0hRK2g
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.134Please respect copyright.PENANA49FhcriuRQ
134Please respect copyright.PENANAWyiLBGt3Tb
I implemented meaningful changes,134Please respect copyright.PENANAtcwgCHosyh
That brought unintended consequences,134Please respect copyright.PENANAsB4GVgjY6x
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,134Please respect copyright.PENANA73BN8e5uoJ
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.134Please respect copyright.PENANA6JrZEjvbwe
134Please respect copyright.PENANAlSv1oS6NVn
And I learned critical lessons,134Please respect copyright.PENANAGKETZ5BCCK
Not just about an industry I did not know,134Please respect copyright.PENANAPvPnkQPFoy
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,134Please respect copyright.PENANAJAGZ8F869s
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.134Please respect copyright.PENANAeibZSjQcBc
134Please respect copyright.PENANAY76OsR2VG3
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,134Please respect copyright.PENANAmMYtfgDOPC
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,134Please respect copyright.PENANACR67vLIGG1
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,134Please respect copyright.PENANAnQ1rqSpLuh
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.134Please respect copyright.PENANAslu5H9FOi1
134Please respect copyright.PENANAU4A8SaFjPA
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,134Please respect copyright.PENANA30W4KopHI6
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,134Please respect copyright.PENANAnnzxYKD6HR
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,134Please respect copyright.PENANAPRikfAFscv
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.134Please respect copyright.PENANA3qRlhIf3Pb
134Please respect copyright.PENANAYBM8jwmO8S
Scars long ago faded opened up anew,134Please respect copyright.PENANAIryhnhc1hz
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,134Please respect copyright.PENANAor4NgNUG6B
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,134Please respect copyright.PENANAx8CLz8zTg5
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.134Please respect copyright.PENANATUgmz8hQVb
134Please respect copyright.PENANAfZ745Z9uTe
After two decades of gestation,134Please respect copyright.PENANA6fFP1mqC81
I've now given birth to my first child,134Please respect copyright.PENANAEn9Kimz66Q
The afterbirth has been cleaned,134Please respect copyright.PENANAyzDon5lXwa
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.134Please respect copyright.PENANAMNxziBfJOI
134Please respect copyright.PENANABt4ZLfSdWK
I fell in love with her the moment134Please respect copyright.PENANAGNRpVLVfqV
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes134Please respect copyright.PENANABhnRwD299V
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped134Please respect copyright.PENANAk6Uxb08TJU
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.134Please respect copyright.PENANAkHPOzTQ8qB
134Please respect copyright.PENANARb1kz0gktm
Now I'm searching for a literary agent134Please respect copyright.PENANAvPaJwWDLSb
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl134Please respect copyright.PENANA6RQBWM7Q0Y
Hoping they will love her134Please respect copyright.PENANAeXRD0umdWp
But knowing they may not.134Please respect copyright.PENANAQt3fGZ2vXG
134Please respect copyright.PENANAjo9OJwln6r
If I can't send her off to finishing school,134Please respect copyright.PENANAPB6WxocdxQ
I will home school her, teach her all I know,134Please respect copyright.PENANAawJY5QPFc0
And ready her as best I can to face the world,134Please respect copyright.PENANAOVg7NMsPIv
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.134Please respect copyright.PENANAD23EI3YbfQ
134Please respect copyright.PENANAOQEbbkcic0
If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,134Please respect copyright.PENANAyKDbD2DNm8
In a year or so if life will allow it,134Please respect copyright.PENANAIFTHTHVYfc
My heart is large and still has room,134Please respect copyright.PENANAyRzTvcuN8V
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.134Please respect copyright.PENANAzDrsfiSaQt
134Please respect copyright.PENANAAjWl1tdEF4
You can hear me read this poem in my newest poetry reading (of just this poem) here:

134Please respect copyright.PENANA4kiWddrt05
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