I've lived in 1987 for the past two months,60Please respect copyright.PENANAPFAUSu8XiC
Every waking moment and in my every dream,60Please respect copyright.PENANACbpM5RkLIG
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,60Please respect copyright.PENANAblZuNX6NAg
As is still the case although the work is now done.60Please respect copyright.PENANAv0QYCtCNtw
60Please respect copyright.PENANAX5sb0DD56y
Idealistic young lawyer,60Please respect copyright.PENANAJKXgRgx6yy
In his first posting as a dean,60Please respect copyright.PENANAyMdN4rpdWV
In a for-profit business school,60Please respect copyright.PENANACoJ3Q0pejS
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.60Please respect copyright.PENANA48fGCZYs08
60Please respect copyright.PENANA7ByeZW0wuR
Worked very long hours,60Please respect copyright.PENANAE4giv5rPCx
To change what was wrong,60Please respect copyright.PENANA1UzmB5nwTD
Achieved great success,60Please respect copyright.PENANAuHxvY7EaYJ
Which all came to naught.60Please respect copyright.PENANAhmufLc0ljq
60Please respect copyright.PENANAXGOGGpy8W8
Made friends while tilting at windmills,60Please respect copyright.PENANAFFcrjioR2l
Stubbornly refusing to accept,60Please respect copyright.PENANAW74wzdoeuO
That which could be changed through simple hard work,60Please respect copyright.PENANAtos1ao37T3
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.60Please respect copyright.PENANATalbiew4RS
60Please respect copyright.PENANAiHrGHJcpqs
A classic clash of missions and visions,60Please respect copyright.PENANApHSyzYHkXx
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,60Please respect copyright.PENANARR31kYuaSD
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,60Please respect copyright.PENANAo5NBmvor5d
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.60Please respect copyright.PENANAjIUdwJG9TY
60Please respect copyright.PENANATsZ8ieG8MM
I implemented meaningful changes,60Please respect copyright.PENANAm3Ko9I0Jtv
That brought unintended consequences,60Please respect copyright.PENANA44rt6DOD6S
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,60Please respect copyright.PENANAOu8kbwIfYE
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.60Please respect copyright.PENANA95nPq5zfS1
60Please respect copyright.PENANANMPTnCisXg
And I learned critical lessons,60Please respect copyright.PENANApBgxrvo06r
Not just about an industry I did not know,60Please respect copyright.PENANA3nsJ2K3fh6
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,60Please respect copyright.PENANAnHW5P6klwK
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.60Please respect copyright.PENANA3sKyrUwWtM
60Please respect copyright.PENANAqJx9ZJ8oz9
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,60Please respect copyright.PENANAMELwt5vgEE
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,60Please respect copyright.PENANAGuhCzjcsDG
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,60Please respect copyright.PENANAXYWgxRdPbm
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.60Please respect copyright.PENANAKELAczXpBk
60Please respect copyright.PENANAEtrLm8Jt16
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,60Please respect copyright.PENANARBLrwgWZi8
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,60Please respect copyright.PENANAo5aKpiVqrb
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,60Please respect copyright.PENANAiiMN0d1JHT
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.60Please respect copyright.PENANAoubE55jV6M
60Please respect copyright.PENANAP8cUHNzjni
Scars long ago faded opened up anew,60Please respect copyright.PENANAjqoVfaHHp9
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,60Please respect copyright.PENANAr1FhQzrrE6
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,60Please respect copyright.PENANAgOxjzQgo70
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.60Please respect copyright.PENANAqMSYpHkkr7
60Please respect copyright.PENANAXHwoP9Rkhv
After two decades of gestation,60Please respect copyright.PENANAvuYlq7cVaC
I've now given birth to my first child,60Please respect copyright.PENANAO4U3nAx8Ts
The afterbirth has been cleaned,60Please respect copyright.PENANAktBwuRiSDB
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.60Please respect copyright.PENANAL0N4X378DR
60Please respect copyright.PENANAcKTZnj8Vym
I fell in love with her the moment60Please respect copyright.PENANA2i3ojvSqKp
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes60Please respect copyright.PENANAcQWHgGkr1o
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped60Please respect copyright.PENANAGuSgsuexSc
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.60Please respect copyright.PENANAOftynUuD6L
60Please respect copyright.PENANAjugJtTF0G1
Now I'm searching for a literary agent60Please respect copyright.PENANATe32FVA5kT
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl60Please respect copyright.PENANATz8Tr2QMZh
Hoping they will love her60Please respect copyright.PENANA3GIjZuAdgi
But knowing they may not.60Please respect copyright.PENANA0k4TdbZrPp
60Please respect copyright.PENANAV3ycynTYG4
If I can't send her off to finishing school,60Please respect copyright.PENANApMPqnEliVF
I will home school her, teach her all I know,60Please respect copyright.PENANA4ek8gBTwRe
And ready her as best I can to face the world,60Please respect copyright.PENANAGqHf87Ca9a
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.60Please respect copyright.PENANAYcNriLGCpr
60Please respect copyright.PENANAPrIqLnQxzm
If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,60Please respect copyright.PENANAcvaW6aCkHr
In a year or so if life will allow it,60Please respect copyright.PENANAabpjjaF5Dl
My heart is large and still has room,60Please respect copyright.PENANAFSZws6DEnI
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.60Please respect copyright.PENANAq7DgG76vzE
60Please respect copyright.PENANAGcJPlioRKY
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,60Please respect copyright.PENANACbpM5RkLIG
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,60Please respect copyright.PENANAblZuNX6NAg
As is still the case although the work is now done.60Please respect copyright.PENANAv0QYCtCNtw
60Please respect copyright.PENANAX5sb0DD56y
Idealistic young lawyer,60Please respect copyright.PENANAJKXgRgx6yy
In his first posting as a dean,60Please respect copyright.PENANAyMdN4rpdWV
In a for-profit business school,60Please respect copyright.PENANACoJ3Q0pejS
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.60Please respect copyright.PENANA48fGCZYs08
60Please respect copyright.PENANA7ByeZW0wuR
Worked very long hours,60Please respect copyright.PENANAE4giv5rPCx
To change what was wrong,60Please respect copyright.PENANA1UzmB5nwTD
Achieved great success,60Please respect copyright.PENANAuHxvY7EaYJ
Which all came to naught.60Please respect copyright.PENANAhmufLc0ljq
60Please respect copyright.PENANAXGOGGpy8W8
Made friends while tilting at windmills,60Please respect copyright.PENANAFFcrjioR2l
Stubbornly refusing to accept,60Please respect copyright.PENANAW74wzdoeuO
That which could be changed through simple hard work,60Please respect copyright.PENANAtos1ao37T3
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.60Please respect copyright.PENANATalbiew4RS
60Please respect copyright.PENANAiHrGHJcpqs
A classic clash of missions and visions,60Please respect copyright.PENANApHSyzYHkXx
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,60Please respect copyright.PENANARR31kYuaSD
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,60Please respect copyright.PENANAo5NBmvor5d
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.60Please respect copyright.PENANAjIUdwJG9TY
60Please respect copyright.PENANATsZ8ieG8MM
I implemented meaningful changes,60Please respect copyright.PENANAm3Ko9I0Jtv
That brought unintended consequences,60Please respect copyright.PENANA44rt6DOD6S
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,60Please respect copyright.PENANAOu8kbwIfYE
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.60Please respect copyright.PENANA95nPq5zfS1
60Please respect copyright.PENANANMPTnCisXg
And I learned critical lessons,60Please respect copyright.PENANApBgxrvo06r
Not just about an industry I did not know,60Please respect copyright.PENANA3nsJ2K3fh6
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,60Please respect copyright.PENANAnHW5P6klwK
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.60Please respect copyright.PENANA3sKyrUwWtM
60Please respect copyright.PENANAqJx9ZJ8oz9
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,60Please respect copyright.PENANAMELwt5vgEE
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,60Please respect copyright.PENANAGuhCzjcsDG
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,60Please respect copyright.PENANAXYWgxRdPbm
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.60Please respect copyright.PENANAKELAczXpBk
60Please respect copyright.PENANAEtrLm8Jt16
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,60Please respect copyright.PENANARBLrwgWZi8
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,60Please respect copyright.PENANAo5aKpiVqrb
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,60Please respect copyright.PENANAiiMN0d1JHT
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.60Please respect copyright.PENANAoubE55jV6M
60Please respect copyright.PENANAP8cUHNzjni
Scars long ago faded opened up anew,60Please respect copyright.PENANAjqoVfaHHp9
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,60Please respect copyright.PENANAr1FhQzrrE6
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,60Please respect copyright.PENANAgOxjzQgo70
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.60Please respect copyright.PENANAqMSYpHkkr7
60Please respect copyright.PENANAXHwoP9Rkhv
After two decades of gestation,60Please respect copyright.PENANAvuYlq7cVaC
I've now given birth to my first child,60Please respect copyright.PENANAO4U3nAx8Ts
The afterbirth has been cleaned,60Please respect copyright.PENANAktBwuRiSDB
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.60Please respect copyright.PENANAL0N4X378DR
60Please respect copyright.PENANAcKTZnj8Vym
I fell in love with her the moment60Please respect copyright.PENANA2i3ojvSqKp
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes60Please respect copyright.PENANAcQWHgGkr1o
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped60Please respect copyright.PENANAGuSgsuexSc
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.60Please respect copyright.PENANAOftynUuD6L
60Please respect copyright.PENANAjugJtTF0G1
Now I'm searching for a literary agent60Please respect copyright.PENANATe32FVA5kT
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl60Please respect copyright.PENANATz8Tr2QMZh
Hoping they will love her60Please respect copyright.PENANA3GIjZuAdgi
But knowing they may not.60Please respect copyright.PENANA0k4TdbZrPp
60Please respect copyright.PENANAV3ycynTYG4
If I can't send her off to finishing school,60Please respect copyright.PENANApMPqnEliVF
I will home school her, teach her all I know,60Please respect copyright.PENANA4ek8gBTwRe
And ready her as best I can to face the world,60Please respect copyright.PENANAGqHf87Ca9a
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.60Please respect copyright.PENANAYcNriLGCpr
60Please respect copyright.PENANAPrIqLnQxzm
If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,60Please respect copyright.PENANAcvaW6aCkHr
In a year or so if life will allow it,60Please respect copyright.PENANAabpjjaF5Dl
My heart is large and still has room,60Please respect copyright.PENANAFSZws6DEnI
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.60Please respect copyright.PENANAq7DgG76vzE
60Please respect copyright.PENANAGcJPlioRKY
You can hear me read this poem in my newest poetry reading (of just this poem) here:

60Please respect copyright.PENANA2MRrTycQOx
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