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: