I've lived in 1987 for the past two months,132Please respect copyright.PENANAdyLrPDrkSF
Every waking moment and in my every dream,132Please respect copyright.PENANA671h7pPfEs
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,132Please respect copyright.PENANAwAzpUoEWs7
As is still the case although the work is now done.132Please respect copyright.PENANACG7kyGcL4n
132Please respect copyright.PENANAEm6K6CQCMW
Idealistic young lawyer,132Please respect copyright.PENANAFTvZ9ijhS3
In his first posting as a dean,132Please respect copyright.PENANAUM82hcd4xy
In a for-profit business school,132Please respect copyright.PENANAmaiiGHbxFM
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.132Please respect copyright.PENANAwro7HRR7Wt
132Please respect copyright.PENANA4tqVyWNTIB
Worked very long hours,132Please respect copyright.PENANATXotWjpRSX
To change what was wrong,132Please respect copyright.PENANAt2bhaI2Dy7
Achieved great success,132Please respect copyright.PENANArT3U286bQi
Which all came to naught.132Please respect copyright.PENANAPl2SNYsAs4
132Please respect copyright.PENANALgmJBl3Jqf
Made friends while tilting at windmills,132Please respect copyright.PENANAiSlPl7rMSa
Stubbornly refusing to accept,132Please respect copyright.PENANA7EPKc3LS4W
That which could be changed through simple hard work,132Please respect copyright.PENANAvSpo3YjxNR
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.132Please respect copyright.PENANAtStGzJjVIu
132Please respect copyright.PENANAT8ZSkghDHu
A classic clash of missions and visions,132Please respect copyright.PENANAx4tcpqC9DF
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,132Please respect copyright.PENANAFYjJzpoGfK
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,132Please respect copyright.PENANAso0LighCWr
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.132Please respect copyright.PENANAOsmyKxW04g
132Please respect copyright.PENANAJfFUgm5S68
I implemented meaningful changes,132Please respect copyright.PENANALen2uudWwQ
That brought unintended consequences,132Please respect copyright.PENANAleHmwG76t4
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,132Please respect copyright.PENANAFRVUEFNRJ4
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.132Please respect copyright.PENANAiq6nu4DzAW
132Please respect copyright.PENANAymWi7MLTR4
And I learned critical lessons,132Please respect copyright.PENANAEwsH2R8ACi
Not just about an industry I did not know,132Please respect copyright.PENANAUDya2CSREG
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,132Please respect copyright.PENANAISv7xUCMFu
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.132Please respect copyright.PENANA60jBVmavpP
132Please respect copyright.PENANA5g3NLCkIXR
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,132Please respect copyright.PENANAttacBOdgtg
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,132Please respect copyright.PENANA4A7JESbAwu
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,132Please respect copyright.PENANACfFC5yDN2A
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.132Please respect copyright.PENANA73xJhfY92X
132Please respect copyright.PENANAgqBIfMKikr
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,132Please respect copyright.PENANA5SeRvn6yzb
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,132Please respect copyright.PENANAxLMRg3YG0F
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,132Please respect copyright.PENANA1boIIjZo19
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.132Please respect copyright.PENANAtTWsGKRkYF
132Please respect copyright.PENANAYMKyFRxyal
Scars long ago faded opened up anew,132Please respect copyright.PENANAgH6R7XeHaC
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,132Please respect copyright.PENANAlHZBd47mvp
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,132Please respect copyright.PENANAl1MFF8J5a2
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.132Please respect copyright.PENANAcsbmPGQn0t
132Please respect copyright.PENANAbuqwgPXUxn
After two decades of gestation,132Please respect copyright.PENANAaLBdToBZnI
I've now given birth to my first child,132Please respect copyright.PENANAkQf9eTEr4a
The afterbirth has been cleaned,132Please respect copyright.PENANAr6jsX04eTf
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.132Please respect copyright.PENANAYqG31SgK4y
132Please respect copyright.PENANAWYgHmfjyPC
I fell in love with her the moment132Please respect copyright.PENANAqXkbi3R7rh
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes132Please respect copyright.PENANAS40sFahszx
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped132Please respect copyright.PENANABjiGssq5SM
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.132Please respect copyright.PENANA6RMPzKmqEr
132Please respect copyright.PENANAPf4fO6kOVd
Now I'm searching for a literary agent132Please respect copyright.PENANAJqcRLMA0m0
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl132Please respect copyright.PENANACAJwHQpmD7
Hoping they will love her132Please respect copyright.PENANAGnl3AvUitP
But knowing they may not.132Please respect copyright.PENANAzaUKoTXQf8
132Please respect copyright.PENANAM9e6BQE2bH
If I can't send her off to finishing school,132Please respect copyright.PENANAGwszpZIqoD
I will home school her, teach her all I know,132Please respect copyright.PENANAPvcDIByGh8
And ready her as best I can to face the world,132Please respect copyright.PENANAE60JaUWGbp
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.132Please respect copyright.PENANAaxDYYXoUTS
132Please respect copyright.PENANAszDNBcB016
If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,132Please respect copyright.PENANArLaRHrSucD
In a year or so if life will allow it,132Please respect copyright.PENANADCHMXoPcpS
My heart is large and still has room,132Please respect copyright.PENANALdHbCkOgJ5
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.132Please respect copyright.PENANA3inNO1DnZN
132Please respect copyright.PENANATiEyU68gzi
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,132Please respect copyright.PENANA671h7pPfEs
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,132Please respect copyright.PENANAwAzpUoEWs7
As is still the case although the work is now done.132Please respect copyright.PENANACG7kyGcL4n
132Please respect copyright.PENANAEm6K6CQCMW
Idealistic young lawyer,132Please respect copyright.PENANAFTvZ9ijhS3
In his first posting as a dean,132Please respect copyright.PENANAUM82hcd4xy
In a for-profit business school,132Please respect copyright.PENANAmaiiGHbxFM
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.132Please respect copyright.PENANAwro7HRR7Wt
132Please respect copyright.PENANA4tqVyWNTIB
Worked very long hours,132Please respect copyright.PENANATXotWjpRSX
To change what was wrong,132Please respect copyright.PENANAt2bhaI2Dy7
Achieved great success,132Please respect copyright.PENANArT3U286bQi
Which all came to naught.132Please respect copyright.PENANAPl2SNYsAs4
132Please respect copyright.PENANALgmJBl3Jqf
Made friends while tilting at windmills,132Please respect copyright.PENANAiSlPl7rMSa
Stubbornly refusing to accept,132Please respect copyright.PENANA7EPKc3LS4W
That which could be changed through simple hard work,132Please respect copyright.PENANAvSpo3YjxNR
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.132Please respect copyright.PENANAtStGzJjVIu
132Please respect copyright.PENANAT8ZSkghDHu
A classic clash of missions and visions,132Please respect copyright.PENANAx4tcpqC9DF
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,132Please respect copyright.PENANAFYjJzpoGfK
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,132Please respect copyright.PENANAso0LighCWr
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.132Please respect copyright.PENANAOsmyKxW04g
132Please respect copyright.PENANAJfFUgm5S68
I implemented meaningful changes,132Please respect copyright.PENANALen2uudWwQ
That brought unintended consequences,132Please respect copyright.PENANAleHmwG76t4
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,132Please respect copyright.PENANAFRVUEFNRJ4
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.132Please respect copyright.PENANAiq6nu4DzAW
132Please respect copyright.PENANAymWi7MLTR4
And I learned critical lessons,132Please respect copyright.PENANAEwsH2R8ACi
Not just about an industry I did not know,132Please respect copyright.PENANAUDya2CSREG
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,132Please respect copyright.PENANAISv7xUCMFu
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.132Please respect copyright.PENANA60jBVmavpP
132Please respect copyright.PENANA5g3NLCkIXR
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,132Please respect copyright.PENANAttacBOdgtg
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,132Please respect copyright.PENANA4A7JESbAwu
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,132Please respect copyright.PENANACfFC5yDN2A
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.132Please respect copyright.PENANA73xJhfY92X
132Please respect copyright.PENANAgqBIfMKikr
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,132Please respect copyright.PENANA5SeRvn6yzb
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,132Please respect copyright.PENANAxLMRg3YG0F
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,132Please respect copyright.PENANA1boIIjZo19
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.132Please respect copyright.PENANAtTWsGKRkYF
132Please respect copyright.PENANAYMKyFRxyal
Scars long ago faded opened up anew,132Please respect copyright.PENANAgH6R7XeHaC
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,132Please respect copyright.PENANAlHZBd47mvp
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,132Please respect copyright.PENANAl1MFF8J5a2
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.132Please respect copyright.PENANAcsbmPGQn0t
132Please respect copyright.PENANAbuqwgPXUxn
After two decades of gestation,132Please respect copyright.PENANAaLBdToBZnI
I've now given birth to my first child,132Please respect copyright.PENANAkQf9eTEr4a
The afterbirth has been cleaned,132Please respect copyright.PENANAr6jsX04eTf
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.132Please respect copyright.PENANAYqG31SgK4y
132Please respect copyright.PENANAWYgHmfjyPC
I fell in love with her the moment132Please respect copyright.PENANAqXkbi3R7rh
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes132Please respect copyright.PENANAS40sFahszx
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped132Please respect copyright.PENANABjiGssq5SM
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.132Please respect copyright.PENANA6RMPzKmqEr
132Please respect copyright.PENANAPf4fO6kOVd
Now I'm searching for a literary agent132Please respect copyright.PENANAJqcRLMA0m0
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl132Please respect copyright.PENANACAJwHQpmD7
Hoping they will love her132Please respect copyright.PENANAGnl3AvUitP
But knowing they may not.132Please respect copyright.PENANAzaUKoTXQf8
132Please respect copyright.PENANAM9e6BQE2bH
If I can't send her off to finishing school,132Please respect copyright.PENANAGwszpZIqoD
I will home school her, teach her all I know,132Please respect copyright.PENANAPvcDIByGh8
And ready her as best I can to face the world,132Please respect copyright.PENANAE60JaUWGbp
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.132Please respect copyright.PENANAaxDYYXoUTS
132Please respect copyright.PENANAszDNBcB016
If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,132Please respect copyright.PENANArLaRHrSucD
In a year or so if life will allow it,132Please respect copyright.PENANADCHMXoPcpS
My heart is large and still has room,132Please respect copyright.PENANALdHbCkOgJ5
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.132Please respect copyright.PENANA3inNO1DnZN
132Please respect copyright.PENANATiEyU68gzi
You can hear me read this poem in my newest poetry reading (of just this poem) here:

132Please respect copyright.PENANALenT1xGo12
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