I've lived in 1987 for the past two months,56Please respect copyright.PENANAf9ID6jzubE
Every waking moment and in my every dream,56Please respect copyright.PENANACnKrTYaV3C
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,56Please respect copyright.PENANAR3snJxWI63
As is still the case although the work is now done.56Please respect copyright.PENANAY1cwG8zFBg
56Please respect copyright.PENANAlpVzw6x1J5
Idealistic young lawyer,56Please respect copyright.PENANALywqZxNUlr
In his first posting as a dean,56Please respect copyright.PENANAy3TD6vxlhl
In a for-profit business school,56Please respect copyright.PENANAWuGvM1yGRX
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.56Please respect copyright.PENANAL70JQlcMZj
56Please respect copyright.PENANAcFCAvgAO97
Worked very long hours,56Please respect copyright.PENANAwwxRQ8PeM5
To change what was wrong,56Please respect copyright.PENANAAPK79O6l4w
Achieved great success,56Please respect copyright.PENANAHGEQ9hJDsD
Which all came to naught.56Please respect copyright.PENANA8n0Bqi249g
56Please respect copyright.PENANA35PMvrUfP6
Made friends while tilting at windmills,56Please respect copyright.PENANABAq43tIg4o
Stubbornly refusing to accept,56Please respect copyright.PENANAUeEwxv4a3M
That which could be changed through simple hard work,56Please respect copyright.PENANAVvMkqeDjjA
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.56Please respect copyright.PENANANnAXm4z4Y9
56Please respect copyright.PENANA7JPypXLV3D
A classic clash of missions and visions,56Please respect copyright.PENANAF0PSEwO4Am
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,56Please respect copyright.PENANAKIQLZupUOt
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,56Please respect copyright.PENANA0Wl3YBpQrv
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.56Please respect copyright.PENANAnwya2NZqTE
56Please respect copyright.PENANA8U6CDqUmdX
I implemented meaningful changes,56Please respect copyright.PENANAImsrmKXBq6
That brought unintended consequences,56Please respect copyright.PENANAef138eenDj
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,56Please respect copyright.PENANAa3X81C8dX9
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.56Please respect copyright.PENANAiNWTACcpiv
56Please respect copyright.PENANAGNFLZqYhAr
And I learned critical lessons,56Please respect copyright.PENANASXyBzkhJrd
Not just about an industry I did not know,56Please respect copyright.PENANAr63PgxCIHI
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,56Please respect copyright.PENANAUvLTN2kLYm
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.56Please respect copyright.PENANAaWob1oMrab
56Please respect copyright.PENANA4RZpjKGd7a
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,56Please respect copyright.PENANAT4MpqfuyIu
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,56Please respect copyright.PENANA7JzevUZhM2
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,56Please respect copyright.PENANAB6E2X1eFkv
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.56Please respect copyright.PENANAcg274qBRDG
56Please respect copyright.PENANAqy3Sh8iuVH
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,56Please respect copyright.PENANAULOiKi8QQg
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,56Please respect copyright.PENANAJRGwaa394D
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,56Please respect copyright.PENANASr7w74UfN5
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.56Please respect copyright.PENANA8AER6adJjo
56Please respect copyright.PENANAt2ZSIbfD5c
Scars long ago faded opened up anew,56Please respect copyright.PENANA4Q2vz0A7H1
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,56Please respect copyright.PENANAwErMJJEH3d
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,56Please respect copyright.PENANAAAx4njufeK
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.56Please respect copyright.PENANAFmDpqyqzFb
56Please respect copyright.PENANA7tx3UlvK9M
After two decades of gestation,56Please respect copyright.PENANAnSaUnyQZLS
I've now given birth to my first child,56Please respect copyright.PENANANfaYxtsezK
The afterbirth has been cleaned,56Please respect copyright.PENANAsMgA6fRosX
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.56Please respect copyright.PENANApPcF0Gw6EF
56Please respect copyright.PENANAlBA6yakQZF
I fell in love with her the moment56Please respect copyright.PENANAVYJju8Wuzi
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes56Please respect copyright.PENANAi6AqM1UbUZ
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped56Please respect copyright.PENANAZPqgbp4kIF
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.56Please respect copyright.PENANABdPgrrWd7Z
56Please respect copyright.PENANAQI5Mw1qsSw
Now I'm searching for a literary agent56Please respect copyright.PENANAPmg5f1fJTj
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl56Please respect copyright.PENANAonOuq5a2ky
Hoping they will love her56Please respect copyright.PENANAM8DcDsT4s1
But knowing they may not.56Please respect copyright.PENANAzxVmD3Xk7s
56Please respect copyright.PENANAxzQ4dy2SUy
If I can't send her off to finishing school,56Please respect copyright.PENANAeVO99JBuot
I will home school her, teach her all I know,56Please respect copyright.PENANABlTdIE9kbm
And ready her as best I can to face the world,56Please respect copyright.PENANArDK9Ll5hrg
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.56Please respect copyright.PENANAh6VOxmvfgm
56Please respect copyright.PENANA1RKrHzSNRu
If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,56Please respect copyright.PENANACowZbYBGL3
In a year or so if life will allow it,56Please respect copyright.PENANA8WsP9Jm5cA
My heart is large and still has room,56Please respect copyright.PENANAoH11WnEqnm
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.56Please respect copyright.PENANALlWfoRhm8C
56Please respect copyright.PENANArOCeWmlSBn
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,56Please respect copyright.PENANACnKrTYaV3C
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,56Please respect copyright.PENANAR3snJxWI63
As is still the case although the work is now done.56Please respect copyright.PENANAY1cwG8zFBg
56Please respect copyright.PENANAlpVzw6x1J5
Idealistic young lawyer,56Please respect copyright.PENANALywqZxNUlr
In his first posting as a dean,56Please respect copyright.PENANAy3TD6vxlhl
In a for-profit business school,56Please respect copyright.PENANAWuGvM1yGRX
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.56Please respect copyright.PENANAL70JQlcMZj
56Please respect copyright.PENANAcFCAvgAO97
Worked very long hours,56Please respect copyright.PENANAwwxRQ8PeM5
To change what was wrong,56Please respect copyright.PENANAAPK79O6l4w
Achieved great success,56Please respect copyright.PENANAHGEQ9hJDsD
Which all came to naught.56Please respect copyright.PENANA8n0Bqi249g
56Please respect copyright.PENANA35PMvrUfP6
Made friends while tilting at windmills,56Please respect copyright.PENANABAq43tIg4o
Stubbornly refusing to accept,56Please respect copyright.PENANAUeEwxv4a3M
That which could be changed through simple hard work,56Please respect copyright.PENANAVvMkqeDjjA
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.56Please respect copyright.PENANANnAXm4z4Y9
56Please respect copyright.PENANA7JPypXLV3D
A classic clash of missions and visions,56Please respect copyright.PENANAF0PSEwO4Am
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,56Please respect copyright.PENANAKIQLZupUOt
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,56Please respect copyright.PENANA0Wl3YBpQrv
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.56Please respect copyright.PENANAnwya2NZqTE
56Please respect copyright.PENANA8U6CDqUmdX
I implemented meaningful changes,56Please respect copyright.PENANAImsrmKXBq6
That brought unintended consequences,56Please respect copyright.PENANAef138eenDj
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,56Please respect copyright.PENANAa3X81C8dX9
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.56Please respect copyright.PENANAiNWTACcpiv
56Please respect copyright.PENANAGNFLZqYhAr
And I learned critical lessons,56Please respect copyright.PENANASXyBzkhJrd
Not just about an industry I did not know,56Please respect copyright.PENANAr63PgxCIHI
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,56Please respect copyright.PENANAUvLTN2kLYm
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.56Please respect copyright.PENANAaWob1oMrab
56Please respect copyright.PENANA4RZpjKGd7a
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,56Please respect copyright.PENANAT4MpqfuyIu
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,56Please respect copyright.PENANA7JzevUZhM2
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,56Please respect copyright.PENANAB6E2X1eFkv
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.56Please respect copyright.PENANAcg274qBRDG
56Please respect copyright.PENANAqy3Sh8iuVH
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,56Please respect copyright.PENANAULOiKi8QQg
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,56Please respect copyright.PENANAJRGwaa394D
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,56Please respect copyright.PENANASr7w74UfN5
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.56Please respect copyright.PENANA8AER6adJjo
56Please respect copyright.PENANAt2ZSIbfD5c
Scars long ago faded opened up anew,56Please respect copyright.PENANA4Q2vz0A7H1
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,56Please respect copyright.PENANAwErMJJEH3d
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,56Please respect copyright.PENANAAAx4njufeK
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.56Please respect copyright.PENANAFmDpqyqzFb
56Please respect copyright.PENANA7tx3UlvK9M
After two decades of gestation,56Please respect copyright.PENANAnSaUnyQZLS
I've now given birth to my first child,56Please respect copyright.PENANANfaYxtsezK
The afterbirth has been cleaned,56Please respect copyright.PENANAsMgA6fRosX
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.56Please respect copyright.PENANApPcF0Gw6EF
56Please respect copyright.PENANAlBA6yakQZF
I fell in love with her the moment56Please respect copyright.PENANAVYJju8Wuzi
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes56Please respect copyright.PENANAi6AqM1UbUZ
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped56Please respect copyright.PENANAZPqgbp4kIF
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.56Please respect copyright.PENANABdPgrrWd7Z
56Please respect copyright.PENANAQI5Mw1qsSw
Now I'm searching for a literary agent56Please respect copyright.PENANAPmg5f1fJTj
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl56Please respect copyright.PENANAonOuq5a2ky
Hoping they will love her56Please respect copyright.PENANAM8DcDsT4s1
But knowing they may not.56Please respect copyright.PENANAzxVmD3Xk7s
56Please respect copyright.PENANAxzQ4dy2SUy
If I can't send her off to finishing school,56Please respect copyright.PENANAeVO99JBuot
I will home school her, teach her all I know,56Please respect copyright.PENANABlTdIE9kbm
And ready her as best I can to face the world,56Please respect copyright.PENANArDK9Ll5hrg
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.56Please respect copyright.PENANAh6VOxmvfgm
56Please respect copyright.PENANA1RKrHzSNRu
If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,56Please respect copyright.PENANACowZbYBGL3
In a year or so if life will allow it,56Please respect copyright.PENANA8WsP9Jm5cA
My heart is large and still has room,56Please respect copyright.PENANAoH11WnEqnm
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.56Please respect copyright.PENANALlWfoRhm8C
56Please respect copyright.PENANArOCeWmlSBn
You can hear me read this poem in my newest poetry reading (of just this poem) here:

56Please respect copyright.PENANAaWYqS0Belh
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