I've lived in 1987 for the past two months,15Please respect copyright.PENANAt2UD4BLB5S
Every waking moment and in my every dream,15Please respect copyright.PENANARYoDmm6FFu
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,15Please respect copyright.PENANALTA8VOX2rJ
As is still the case although the work is now done.15Please respect copyright.PENANAWcmHL2KlKf
15Please respect copyright.PENANAjP46CDwTLh
Idealistic young lawyer,15Please respect copyright.PENANAW0RqUUhjJT
In his first posting as a dean,15Please respect copyright.PENANAaUh8B6S7HA
In a for-profit business school,15Please respect copyright.PENANA2BWvGJLRdL
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.15Please respect copyright.PENANA1TsLNCo4ZG
15Please respect copyright.PENANAhckw8U0UoM
Worked very long hours,15Please respect copyright.PENANAmfNF9JdCbO
To change what was wrong,15Please respect copyright.PENANA9hctww1wgE
Achieved great success,15Please respect copyright.PENANAtQF3bGA7hr
Which all came to naught.15Please respect copyright.PENANAOC1FHKPhPt
15Please respect copyright.PENANADaAyMQCmnW
Made friends while tilting at windmills,15Please respect copyright.PENANAAg6IgbQIof
Stubbornly refusing to accept,15Please respect copyright.PENANAvtycXSkNPt
That which could be changed through simple hard work,15Please respect copyright.PENANAnh6EKKFmCs
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.15Please respect copyright.PENANAUJVKk2V9ur
15Please respect copyright.PENANAWbjTa7NQyT
A classic clash of missions and visions,15Please respect copyright.PENANABDD1mbbZTG
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,15Please respect copyright.PENANAZZknDhfpwZ
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,15Please respect copyright.PENANAwl6Y6Vr2OU
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.15Please respect copyright.PENANA2gMwDLuihK
15Please respect copyright.PENANAVHmIPbT1bp
I implemented meaningful changes,15Please respect copyright.PENANAmX1SEmDkhL
That brought unintended consequences,15Please respect copyright.PENANA9SnTayLOHe
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,15Please respect copyright.PENANA5D1z6KZ50B
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.15Please respect copyright.PENANABlroFBr53P
15Please respect copyright.PENANARTKWvly9lW
And I learned critical lessons,15Please respect copyright.PENANAyFTiOki3tM
Not just about an industry I did not know,15Please respect copyright.PENANAYSqgjkObfc
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,15Please respect copyright.PENANAbihCt1JLKz
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.15Please respect copyright.PENANAS0bJHgSEks
15Please respect copyright.PENANAs9AYxNeAUk
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,15Please respect copyright.PENANAWy84trkX5x
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,15Please respect copyright.PENANAfBHPue8mbK
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,15Please respect copyright.PENANAdf3kFGx22A
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.15Please respect copyright.PENANAFXTioNa1zK
15Please respect copyright.PENANAxz4BQKzWI9
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,15Please respect copyright.PENANAkfTcZyib9A
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,15Please respect copyright.PENANAKcLb5xGB0w
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,15Please respect copyright.PENANA8T1CnncuM7
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.15Please respect copyright.PENANAa55ikWKb3C
15Please respect copyright.PENANA9PugJHe5Q2
Scars long ago faded opened up anew,15Please respect copyright.PENANA707ZjorbZF
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,15Please respect copyright.PENANAEX1H1icjhM
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,15Please respect copyright.PENANAVzueefOOhY
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.15Please respect copyright.PENANA2Rzw6DTW6L
15Please respect copyright.PENANAqBwpTmKbtk
After two decades of gestation,15Please respect copyright.PENANAwGZKukjAgd
I've now given birth to my first child,15Please respect copyright.PENANAVQoGHjsCev
The afterbirth has been cleaned,15Please respect copyright.PENANAwuysNgcgTa
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.15Please respect copyright.PENANAQMqVpPyIyk
15Please respect copyright.PENANAoIJsaj944K
I fell in love with her the moment15Please respect copyright.PENANA8Jw9aLQYVj
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes15Please respect copyright.PENANAFKKF22S5AE
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped15Please respect copyright.PENANAfGmTl2s4AY
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.15Please respect copyright.PENANAPEjbZ7Hsae
15Please respect copyright.PENANAJ9JELQHjiD
Now I'm searching for a literary agent15Please respect copyright.PENANAYUNKqv58JU
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl15Please respect copyright.PENANAOkQ0cjdUB4
Hoping they will love her15Please respect copyright.PENANAJvSAlChddb
But knowing they may not.15Please respect copyright.PENANA2TDS9w64yn
15Please respect copyright.PENANAfNdGHQl23N
If I can't send her off to finishing school,15Please respect copyright.PENANAJ2RwVDYnBW
I will home school her, teach her all I know,15Please respect copyright.PENANA4fj4Prj5P3
And ready her as best I can to face the world,15Please respect copyright.PENANAttdAVcJsGh
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.15Please respect copyright.PENANAJ25adidubG
15Please respect copyright.PENANAujdhz7jEdb
If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,15Please respect copyright.PENANA4hZQi6dvus
In a year or so if life will allow it,15Please respect copyright.PENANApSKzQqYkmB
My heart is large and still has room,15Please respect copyright.PENANAzhGLvLmPpv
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.15Please respect copyright.PENANAEylAxaE7aX
15Please respect copyright.PENANAEvaxOyQkpp
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,15Please respect copyright.PENANARYoDmm6FFu
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,15Please respect copyright.PENANALTA8VOX2rJ
As is still the case although the work is now done.15Please respect copyright.PENANAWcmHL2KlKf
15Please respect copyright.PENANAjP46CDwTLh
Idealistic young lawyer,15Please respect copyright.PENANAW0RqUUhjJT
In his first posting as a dean,15Please respect copyright.PENANAaUh8B6S7HA
In a for-profit business school,15Please respect copyright.PENANA2BWvGJLRdL
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.15Please respect copyright.PENANA1TsLNCo4ZG
15Please respect copyright.PENANAhckw8U0UoM
Worked very long hours,15Please respect copyright.PENANAmfNF9JdCbO
To change what was wrong,15Please respect copyright.PENANA9hctww1wgE
Achieved great success,15Please respect copyright.PENANAtQF3bGA7hr
Which all came to naught.15Please respect copyright.PENANAOC1FHKPhPt
15Please respect copyright.PENANADaAyMQCmnW
Made friends while tilting at windmills,15Please respect copyright.PENANAAg6IgbQIof
Stubbornly refusing to accept,15Please respect copyright.PENANAvtycXSkNPt
That which could be changed through simple hard work,15Please respect copyright.PENANAnh6EKKFmCs
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.15Please respect copyright.PENANAUJVKk2V9ur
15Please respect copyright.PENANAWbjTa7NQyT
A classic clash of missions and visions,15Please respect copyright.PENANABDD1mbbZTG
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,15Please respect copyright.PENANAZZknDhfpwZ
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,15Please respect copyright.PENANAwl6Y6Vr2OU
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.15Please respect copyright.PENANA2gMwDLuihK
15Please respect copyright.PENANAVHmIPbT1bp
I implemented meaningful changes,15Please respect copyright.PENANAmX1SEmDkhL
That brought unintended consequences,15Please respect copyright.PENANA9SnTayLOHe
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,15Please respect copyright.PENANA5D1z6KZ50B
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.15Please respect copyright.PENANABlroFBr53P
15Please respect copyright.PENANARTKWvly9lW
And I learned critical lessons,15Please respect copyright.PENANAyFTiOki3tM
Not just about an industry I did not know,15Please respect copyright.PENANAYSqgjkObfc
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,15Please respect copyright.PENANAbihCt1JLKz
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.15Please respect copyright.PENANAS0bJHgSEks
15Please respect copyright.PENANAs9AYxNeAUk
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,15Please respect copyright.PENANAWy84trkX5x
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,15Please respect copyright.PENANAfBHPue8mbK
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,15Please respect copyright.PENANAdf3kFGx22A
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.15Please respect copyright.PENANAFXTioNa1zK
15Please respect copyright.PENANAxz4BQKzWI9
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,15Please respect copyright.PENANAkfTcZyib9A
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,15Please respect copyright.PENANAKcLb5xGB0w
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,15Please respect copyright.PENANA8T1CnncuM7
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.15Please respect copyright.PENANAa55ikWKb3C
15Please respect copyright.PENANA9PugJHe5Q2
Scars long ago faded opened up anew,15Please respect copyright.PENANA707ZjorbZF
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,15Please respect copyright.PENANAEX1H1icjhM
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,15Please respect copyright.PENANAVzueefOOhY
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.15Please respect copyright.PENANA2Rzw6DTW6L
15Please respect copyright.PENANAqBwpTmKbtk
After two decades of gestation,15Please respect copyright.PENANAwGZKukjAgd
I've now given birth to my first child,15Please respect copyright.PENANAVQoGHjsCev
The afterbirth has been cleaned,15Please respect copyright.PENANAwuysNgcgTa
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.15Please respect copyright.PENANAQMqVpPyIyk
15Please respect copyright.PENANAoIJsaj944K
I fell in love with her the moment15Please respect copyright.PENANA8Jw9aLQYVj
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes15Please respect copyright.PENANAFKKF22S5AE
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped15Please respect copyright.PENANAfGmTl2s4AY
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.15Please respect copyright.PENANAPEjbZ7Hsae
15Please respect copyright.PENANAJ9JELQHjiD
Now I'm searching for a literary agent15Please respect copyright.PENANAYUNKqv58JU
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl15Please respect copyright.PENANAOkQ0cjdUB4
Hoping they will love her15Please respect copyright.PENANAJvSAlChddb
But knowing they may not.15Please respect copyright.PENANA2TDS9w64yn
15Please respect copyright.PENANAfNdGHQl23N
If I can't send her off to finishing school,15Please respect copyright.PENANAJ2RwVDYnBW
I will home school her, teach her all I know,15Please respect copyright.PENANA4fj4Prj5P3
And ready her as best I can to face the world,15Please respect copyright.PENANAttdAVcJsGh
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.15Please respect copyright.PENANAJ25adidubG
15Please respect copyright.PENANAujdhz7jEdb
If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,15Please respect copyright.PENANA4hZQi6dvus
In a year or so if life will allow it,15Please respect copyright.PENANApSKzQqYkmB
My heart is large and still has room,15Please respect copyright.PENANAzhGLvLmPpv
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.15Please respect copyright.PENANAEylAxaE7aX
15Please respect copyright.PENANAEvaxOyQkpp
You can hear me read this poem in my newest poetry reading (of just this poem) here:

15Please respect copyright.PENANAMgIYewzYkM
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