I've lived in 1987 for the past two months,131Please respect copyright.PENANADGRf8cffr6
Every waking moment and in my every dream,131Please respect copyright.PENANA5quPSXJkFr
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,131Please respect copyright.PENANA5xweopEX6X
As is still the case although the work is now done.131Please respect copyright.PENANAjYN3rgOaoN
131Please respect copyright.PENANAVrZkqmS7jU
Idealistic young lawyer,131Please respect copyright.PENANAp5y7tIkE3s
In his first posting as a dean,131Please respect copyright.PENANAEJlM0w78B5
In a for-profit business school,131Please respect copyright.PENANAeKe5mftb5G
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.131Please respect copyright.PENANAffUkfxcfHT
131Please respect copyright.PENANAPziszeAQZp
Worked very long hours,131Please respect copyright.PENANAsOCHYGXGFP
To change what was wrong,131Please respect copyright.PENANAC9IYzECY88
Achieved great success,131Please respect copyright.PENANAsuAZmny1tm
Which all came to naught.131Please respect copyright.PENANAbRsw1q4Awk
131Please respect copyright.PENANATNb5shlREU
Made friends while tilting at windmills,131Please respect copyright.PENANAmhYbWTci2i
Stubbornly refusing to accept,131Please respect copyright.PENANAPEwfsFTKOy
That which could be changed through simple hard work,131Please respect copyright.PENANA70JtgDNHhB
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.131Please respect copyright.PENANAUgIEwbA2h1
131Please respect copyright.PENANAmw24wL1RR4
A classic clash of missions and visions,131Please respect copyright.PENANAtKe60EXYSt
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,131Please respect copyright.PENANAwUVhjoK5od
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,131Please respect copyright.PENANA4CBnRfn2BV
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.131Please respect copyright.PENANAq4ql5XPtuo
131Please respect copyright.PENANAiYbrRqqAzY
I implemented meaningful changes,131Please respect copyright.PENANAdCQf6TW8Om
That brought unintended consequences,131Please respect copyright.PENANA8ItpxrG1ra
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,131Please respect copyright.PENANAXhVgBydClz
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.131Please respect copyright.PENANASWHHIq2C3p
131Please respect copyright.PENANAp5h46JmS98
And I learned critical lessons,131Please respect copyright.PENANAMklLlvRrfV
Not just about an industry I did not know,131Please respect copyright.PENANAxekdtLwZRi
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,131Please respect copyright.PENANAaJ2q8DZofc
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.131Please respect copyright.PENANAufZx4Ep7Ws
131Please respect copyright.PENANAK1pmluuP69
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,131Please respect copyright.PENANAfKyrVZ9d1T
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,131Please respect copyright.PENANAd3BfET30qg
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,131Please respect copyright.PENANA13edveAYqu
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.131Please respect copyright.PENANAe1SmVqb7Hx
131Please respect copyright.PENANAm5gXhlybZk
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,131Please respect copyright.PENANASA0pehyS9j
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,131Please respect copyright.PENANAv1vOQIBcUy
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,131Please respect copyright.PENANAjVTPiGi8nL
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.131Please respect copyright.PENANAd2O3Ow1SLE
131Please respect copyright.PENANA5dApw1fboe
Scars long ago faded opened up anew,131Please respect copyright.PENANAGmTx787CNq
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,131Please respect copyright.PENANAiOr3qjI2IN
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,131Please respect copyright.PENANAT34H2felO7
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.131Please respect copyright.PENANAMxD0Hel21w
131Please respect copyright.PENANA3CTe2wdbNM
After two decades of gestation,131Please respect copyright.PENANAK9cIvqmnxp
I've now given birth to my first child,131Please respect copyright.PENANA5FNeJ6V4mo
The afterbirth has been cleaned,131Please respect copyright.PENANAWmg10KX30E
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.131Please respect copyright.PENANAMSIBXGTYjA
131Please respect copyright.PENANAvWCQRrrTGl
I fell in love with her the moment131Please respect copyright.PENANAXjPA1Zhclj
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes131Please respect copyright.PENANAZUbIIFXauw
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped131Please respect copyright.PENANA3ka8hMWDS2
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.131Please respect copyright.PENANALiZbBUVz2p
131Please respect copyright.PENANAiypxdedssr
Now I'm searching for a literary agent131Please respect copyright.PENANAiQ0aiCEO4y
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl131Please respect copyright.PENANAqLvHaWvXy9
Hoping they will love her131Please respect copyright.PENANAQInhFFuRkG
But knowing they may not.131Please respect copyright.PENANAXPbMkN6EyK
131Please respect copyright.PENANA8i8izSTteu
If I can't send her off to finishing school,131Please respect copyright.PENANAZYiPtf9zra
I will home school her, teach her all I know,131Please respect copyright.PENANAcgNgE5FMqc
And ready her as best I can to face the world,131Please respect copyright.PENANAGmRdOn0aDH
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.131Please respect copyright.PENANAQROUednkiK
131Please respect copyright.PENANA02efnLiByG
If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,131Please respect copyright.PENANAXgpVFH8fYF
In a year or so if life will allow it,131Please respect copyright.PENANAZ2FXxiI3IV
My heart is large and still has room,131Please respect copyright.PENANAW33TbyQQh7
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.131Please respect copyright.PENANABKjBtRMseW
131Please respect copyright.PENANA2JYRXunXaO
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,131Please respect copyright.PENANA5quPSXJkFr
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,131Please respect copyright.PENANA5xweopEX6X
As is still the case although the work is now done.131Please respect copyright.PENANAjYN3rgOaoN
131Please respect copyright.PENANAVrZkqmS7jU
Idealistic young lawyer,131Please respect copyright.PENANAp5y7tIkE3s
In his first posting as a dean,131Please respect copyright.PENANAEJlM0w78B5
In a for-profit business school,131Please respect copyright.PENANAeKe5mftb5G
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.131Please respect copyright.PENANAffUkfxcfHT
131Please respect copyright.PENANAPziszeAQZp
Worked very long hours,131Please respect copyright.PENANAsOCHYGXGFP
To change what was wrong,131Please respect copyright.PENANAC9IYzECY88
Achieved great success,131Please respect copyright.PENANAsuAZmny1tm
Which all came to naught.131Please respect copyright.PENANAbRsw1q4Awk
131Please respect copyright.PENANATNb5shlREU
Made friends while tilting at windmills,131Please respect copyright.PENANAmhYbWTci2i
Stubbornly refusing to accept,131Please respect copyright.PENANAPEwfsFTKOy
That which could be changed through simple hard work,131Please respect copyright.PENANA70JtgDNHhB
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.131Please respect copyright.PENANAUgIEwbA2h1
131Please respect copyright.PENANAmw24wL1RR4
A classic clash of missions and visions,131Please respect copyright.PENANAtKe60EXYSt
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,131Please respect copyright.PENANAwUVhjoK5od
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,131Please respect copyright.PENANA4CBnRfn2BV
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.131Please respect copyright.PENANAq4ql5XPtuo
131Please respect copyright.PENANAiYbrRqqAzY
I implemented meaningful changes,131Please respect copyright.PENANAdCQf6TW8Om
That brought unintended consequences,131Please respect copyright.PENANA8ItpxrG1ra
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,131Please respect copyright.PENANAXhVgBydClz
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.131Please respect copyright.PENANASWHHIq2C3p
131Please respect copyright.PENANAp5h46JmS98
And I learned critical lessons,131Please respect copyright.PENANAMklLlvRrfV
Not just about an industry I did not know,131Please respect copyright.PENANAxekdtLwZRi
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,131Please respect copyright.PENANAaJ2q8DZofc
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.131Please respect copyright.PENANAufZx4Ep7Ws
131Please respect copyright.PENANAK1pmluuP69
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,131Please respect copyright.PENANAfKyrVZ9d1T
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,131Please respect copyright.PENANAd3BfET30qg
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,131Please respect copyright.PENANA13edveAYqu
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.131Please respect copyright.PENANAe1SmVqb7Hx
131Please respect copyright.PENANAm5gXhlybZk
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,131Please respect copyright.PENANASA0pehyS9j
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,131Please respect copyright.PENANAv1vOQIBcUy
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,131Please respect copyright.PENANAjVTPiGi8nL
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.131Please respect copyright.PENANAd2O3Ow1SLE
131Please respect copyright.PENANA5dApw1fboe
Scars long ago faded opened up anew,131Please respect copyright.PENANAGmTx787CNq
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,131Please respect copyright.PENANAiOr3qjI2IN
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,131Please respect copyright.PENANAT34H2felO7
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.131Please respect copyright.PENANAMxD0Hel21w
131Please respect copyright.PENANA3CTe2wdbNM
After two decades of gestation,131Please respect copyright.PENANAK9cIvqmnxp
I've now given birth to my first child,131Please respect copyright.PENANA5FNeJ6V4mo
The afterbirth has been cleaned,131Please respect copyright.PENANAWmg10KX30E
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.131Please respect copyright.PENANAMSIBXGTYjA
131Please respect copyright.PENANAvWCQRrrTGl
I fell in love with her the moment131Please respect copyright.PENANAXjPA1Zhclj
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes131Please respect copyright.PENANAZUbIIFXauw
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped131Please respect copyright.PENANA3ka8hMWDS2
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.131Please respect copyright.PENANALiZbBUVz2p
131Please respect copyright.PENANAiypxdedssr
Now I'm searching for a literary agent131Please respect copyright.PENANAiQ0aiCEO4y
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl131Please respect copyright.PENANAqLvHaWvXy9
Hoping they will love her131Please respect copyright.PENANAQInhFFuRkG
But knowing they may not.131Please respect copyright.PENANAXPbMkN6EyK
131Please respect copyright.PENANA8i8izSTteu
If I can't send her off to finishing school,131Please respect copyright.PENANAZYiPtf9zra
I will home school her, teach her all I know,131Please respect copyright.PENANAcgNgE5FMqc
And ready her as best I can to face the world,131Please respect copyright.PENANAGmRdOn0aDH
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.131Please respect copyright.PENANAQROUednkiK
131Please respect copyright.PENANA02efnLiByG
If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,131Please respect copyright.PENANAXgpVFH8fYF
In a year or so if life will allow it,131Please respect copyright.PENANAZ2FXxiI3IV
My heart is large and still has room,131Please respect copyright.PENANAW33TbyQQh7
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.131Please respect copyright.PENANABKjBtRMseW
131Please respect copyright.PENANA2JYRXunXaO
You can hear me read this poem in my newest poetry reading (of just this poem) here:

131Please respect copyright.PENANAbkVpdwgBVD
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