Started writing it two decades ago,17Please respect copyright.PENANAl91XnQfyqW
Using a pseudonym for first/last time,17Please respect copyright.PENANAoulYo4NcYn
To protect the guilty and innocent,17Please respect copyright.PENANAWa24RQYhtr
In this autobiographical work.17Please respect copyright.PENANAnh5whtvBWq
17Please respect copyright.PENANApvWKtEs1Uf
Life got in the way of reliving it,17Please respect copyright.PENANAkk3K3S3Fii
Work, wife, parents with health issues, now gone,17Please respect copyright.PENANA7tfIDYL77k
Back burners full of overflowing pots,17Please respect copyright.PENANAi6UTvpF4es
The sands of time quickly sifting through my fingers.17Please respect copyright.PENANAgVYT1YBfve
17Please respect copyright.PENANARDdL8AEHOW
Serious writing projects completed,17Please respect copyright.PENANAYEbDbY7dsU
A dozen plus books published,17Please respect copyright.PENANADTh3OMj7qj
Others yet to come, new lectures to plan,17Please respect copyright.PENANAhhy9DL3Kgu
New courses to develop and to teach.17Please respect copyright.PENANAwOj3VpsFyu
17Please respect copyright.PENANAw7TKBW6N8Z
My story untold, lessons learned unfurled,17Please respect copyright.PENANASk9HhjP2IQ
But not not written down to pass down my truth,17Please respect copyright.PENANAstJ59KV4od
About things I know much more than I'd like,17Please respect copyright.PENANAPpn5oeSBr3
And others should learn, in old age and youth.17Please respect copyright.PENANAt3rq16Z78n
17Please respect copyright.PENANAXeIkxZo2KQ
Place bound for now on an imposed lockdown,17Please respect copyright.PENANA4XTWgB46QG
Chained to my desk like galley slaves to oars,17Please respect copyright.PENANA5lEoKVPAuR
Taping lectures, attending Zoom meetings,17Please respect copyright.PENANAfaunAmAxk0
Depression abounds, if not joy or sleep.17Please respect copyright.PENANA3JDFzHocwE
17Please respect copyright.PENANAXXkLVM9dhd
So I'm back again, reliving the past,17Please respect copyright.PENANA4Vo37Ro8Ov
In memory still green, though browning in parts,17Please respect copyright.PENANAublev3L9pI
Taking poetic license where I must,17Please respect copyright.PENANAu6igky5R0t
But gently as a child's butterfly kiss.17Please respect copyright.PENANADCSIhvtaHP
17Please respect copyright.PENANAOM3mlecyer
Nearly nine thousand words today for just,17Please respect copyright.PENANAH1wZ1fOxcA
One day's events that sowed a thousand seeds,17Please respect copyright.PENANAoHPZ6cRtGk
That sprouted, flourished and died or were pecked,17Please respect copyright.PENANAEnZkWqSoDI
By hungry vultures out of existence.17Please respect copyright.PENANAtaL1T3rbsb
17Please respect copyright.PENANADUrlPUoafs
Remembering a day in my career,17Please respect copyright.PENANAyk5eMxlqhq
When I still viewed the world with bright, clear eyes,17Please respect copyright.PENANA6AxG8AJVa4
And had not opened doors I could not close,17Please respect copyright.PENANAVThryqhOZZ
Or walked by closed doors I should have opened.17Please respect copyright.PENANASDTAbqIoDR
17Please respect copyright.PENANAsASIKCipEH
My world and heart were then innocent, pure,17Please respect copyright.PENANAtdQyU0xo7p
Full of good intentions waiting to burst,17Please respect copyright.PENANASmdOlNBrFf
From a chest that could hardly hold them back,17Please respect copyright.PENANA19bxofj7cb
Foolishly thinking they could change the world.17Please respect copyright.PENANAF3LwAY9uGC
17Please respect copyright.PENANA1ffiJo5MMq
The painful memories I now drown in,17Please respect copyright.PENANAGDCTXHuzUl
I will not disclose. The pain I've given,17Please respect copyright.PENANA85RyaeOwf1
The pain I've received, I'll whitewash away,17Please respect copyright.PENANAQQINUVKb9L
To protect myself and those I have loved.17Please respect copyright.PENANApTMm249Ilg
17Please respect copyright.PENANAde35xfDioS
I'll limit my journey to work alone,17Please respect copyright.PENANAA2YdZqTIEV
Describe what I've learned that others should know,17Please respect copyright.PENANA9Gal2X4jzf
Weave the personal with transparent thread,17Please respect copyright.PENANA9VWI8tF8Dc
The professional with thickest red yarn.17Please respect copyright.PENANAEGMIl3umgG
17Please respect copyright.PENANAtCYiHwD02Q
I'll search for an agent when it is done,17Please respect copyright.PENANAfM1sKWxxUJ
As I'd like it read, unlike indie books,17Please respect copyright.PENANAEUdgs03qCm
And I believe it will find a market,17Please respect copyright.PENANAVd874PSZnT
For it will reveal some essential truths.17Please respect copyright.PENANAhnMRLDG6Fq
17Please respect copyright.PENANAMvjU1E4RdJ
It will teach much more that all need to know,17Please respect copyright.PENANAbRZE1v35xP
Than my life's work: Lectures, books, articles,17Please respect copyright.PENANAlE77hl7CHi
Poetry, fiction, blogs, presentations,17Please respect copyright.PENANAYA9do4qsQq
Hope I can write it before my life ends.17Please respect copyright.PENANAFGPYnxlW4T
17Please respect copyright.PENANAKMzelTh86k
My sand's running out, tick tock cries the clock,17Please respect copyright.PENANAXn0I7Mn34m
Hope lockdown provides, end to writer's block.17Please respect copyright.PENANAEtolx2jb1Z