I've lived in 1987 for the past two months,7Please respect copyright.PENANAollov5BrJv
Every waking moment and in my every dream,7Please respect copyright.PENANAt1215GBCFh
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,7Please respect copyright.PENANAIzUAqH45AC
As is still the case although the work is now done.7Please respect copyright.PENANAb5PZdEiOUm
7Please respect copyright.PENANA5kK9BKtWCp
Idealistic young lawyer,7Please respect copyright.PENANA92S2yS78mE
In his first posting as a dean,7Please respect copyright.PENANA5GuTEnMO1c
In a for-profit business school,7Please respect copyright.PENANAPdofeJYM5u
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.7Please respect copyright.PENANAv32nTkrK31
7Please respect copyright.PENANAgE7bwvHdn2
Worked very long hours,7Please respect copyright.PENANABd07TDq0ns
To change what was wrong,7Please respect copyright.PENANAbqAylhegiI
Achieved great success,7Please respect copyright.PENANAhrzfoIZ9up
Which all came to naught.7Please respect copyright.PENANA2S2ctz1pMV
7Please respect copyright.PENANAdf5NmQYWGk
Made friends while tilting at windmills,7Please respect copyright.PENANA5aOwWWyGLL
Stubbornly refusing to accept,7Please respect copyright.PENANA2JlteSfO7Y
That which could be changed through simple hard work,7Please respect copyright.PENANAOWODBppnqS
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.7Please respect copyright.PENANA0xxb6meQW3
7Please respect copyright.PENANAuu56jMTGOO
A classic clash of missions and visions,7Please respect copyright.PENANAVxw5WFzikR
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,7Please respect copyright.PENANAhLI2lKgCUm
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,7Please respect copyright.PENANADJZgCa20Dw
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.7Please respect copyright.PENANAeplBbGAQrD
7Please respect copyright.PENANAKnPLCLdKQy
I implemented meaningful changes,7Please respect copyright.PENANAbrz6psZgYN
That brought unintended consequences,7Please respect copyright.PENANA15VLtB7TTj
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,7Please respect copyright.PENANAG1H2ceEerC
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.7Please respect copyright.PENANAQhQJrZxSk3
7Please respect copyright.PENANA6qYozBETKU
And I learned critical lessons,7Please respect copyright.PENANAWfZ9hkNAEg
Not just about an industry I did not know,7Please respect copyright.PENANAIgCfTMfAKh
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,7Please respect copyright.PENANA6gahbryfvx
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.7Please respect copyright.PENANAuFLoGP1Yzk
7Please respect copyright.PENANANuyw3SnJMq
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,7Please respect copyright.PENANAF5Rig4dv3P
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,7Please respect copyright.PENANA8ldGL9iunV
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,7Please respect copyright.PENANAjbh7ZanE7J
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.7Please respect copyright.PENANADmNgfjfpm4
7Please respect copyright.PENANAshzbJcUUxW
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,7Please respect copyright.PENANAmkn3SZcO1D
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,7Please respect copyright.PENANAMB9h31NtjN
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,7Please respect copyright.PENANAJnfZwkbsI8
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.7Please respect copyright.PENANAjGtQzzPjjq
7Please respect copyright.PENANAk4cUmEhajN
Scars long ago faded opened up anew,7Please respect copyright.PENANAq8d0aiKrYz
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,7Please respect copyright.PENANA133SFrIGBr
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,7Please respect copyright.PENANA5OAlCG0yA4
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.7Please respect copyright.PENANAFfDDeckE70
7Please respect copyright.PENANAA63SD3845g
After two decades of gestation,7Please respect copyright.PENANAnwMdUsOOJK
I've now given birth to my first child,7Please respect copyright.PENANAS8eSXRR35I
The afterbirth has been cleaned,7Please respect copyright.PENANAjitxkTm0cC
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.7Please respect copyright.PENANAbIHalOxQ8V
7Please respect copyright.PENANAbKa0NsqW97
I fell in love with her the moment7Please respect copyright.PENANA6pQND2vr4q
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes7Please respect copyright.PENANA5IBlskEHKH
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped7Please respect copyright.PENANAycqo2M5tQO
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.7Please respect copyright.PENANAdrJ4s93lNT
7Please respect copyright.PENANAfGwG2O8J4i
Now I'm searching for a literary agent7Please respect copyright.PENANAVU3WDv1vo0
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl7Please respect copyright.PENANAmD8nYIFK2W
Hoping they will love her7Please respect copyright.PENANA7T3vXk07aB
But knowing they may not.7Please respect copyright.PENANAtsDb9nsHlz
7Please respect copyright.PENANATFbWDlY9Zk
If I can't send her off to finishing school,7Please respect copyright.PENANAiYSdpDfAVE
I will home school her, teach her all I know,7Please respect copyright.PENANA1RhVCJpeWF
And ready her as best I can to face the world,7Please respect copyright.PENANAPaMkXEHBnf
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.7Please respect copyright.PENANAHX0saXftny
7Please respect copyright.PENANAe2JG3AjP3u
If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,7Please respect copyright.PENANAmEiyWcXgl6
In a year or so if life will allow it,7Please respect copyright.PENANArq39hHPi8K
My heart is large and still has room,7Please respect copyright.PENANAqQoCy59JUu
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.7Please respect copyright.PENANA2gPKQE92OF
7Please respect copyright.PENANA6ihZfG1Qby
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,7Please respect copyright.PENANAt1215GBCFh
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,7Please respect copyright.PENANAIzUAqH45AC
As is still the case although the work is now done.7Please respect copyright.PENANAb5PZdEiOUm
7Please respect copyright.PENANA5kK9BKtWCp
Idealistic young lawyer,7Please respect copyright.PENANA92S2yS78mE
In his first posting as a dean,7Please respect copyright.PENANA5GuTEnMO1c
In a for-profit business school,7Please respect copyright.PENANAPdofeJYM5u
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.7Please respect copyright.PENANAv32nTkrK31
7Please respect copyright.PENANAgE7bwvHdn2
Worked very long hours,7Please respect copyright.PENANABd07TDq0ns
To change what was wrong,7Please respect copyright.PENANAbqAylhegiI
Achieved great success,7Please respect copyright.PENANAhrzfoIZ9up
Which all came to naught.7Please respect copyright.PENANA2S2ctz1pMV
7Please respect copyright.PENANAdf5NmQYWGk
Made friends while tilting at windmills,7Please respect copyright.PENANA5aOwWWyGLL
Stubbornly refusing to accept,7Please respect copyright.PENANA2JlteSfO7Y
That which could be changed through simple hard work,7Please respect copyright.PENANAOWODBppnqS
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.7Please respect copyright.PENANA0xxb6meQW3
7Please respect copyright.PENANAuu56jMTGOO
A classic clash of missions and visions,7Please respect copyright.PENANAVxw5WFzikR
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,7Please respect copyright.PENANAhLI2lKgCUm
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,7Please respect copyright.PENANADJZgCa20Dw
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.7Please respect copyright.PENANAeplBbGAQrD
7Please respect copyright.PENANAKnPLCLdKQy
I implemented meaningful changes,7Please respect copyright.PENANAbrz6psZgYN
That brought unintended consequences,7Please respect copyright.PENANA15VLtB7TTj
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,7Please respect copyright.PENANAG1H2ceEerC
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.7Please respect copyright.PENANAQhQJrZxSk3
7Please respect copyright.PENANA6qYozBETKU
And I learned critical lessons,7Please respect copyright.PENANAWfZ9hkNAEg
Not just about an industry I did not know,7Please respect copyright.PENANAIgCfTMfAKh
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,7Please respect copyright.PENANA6gahbryfvx
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.7Please respect copyright.PENANAuFLoGP1Yzk
7Please respect copyright.PENANANuyw3SnJMq
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,7Please respect copyright.PENANAF5Rig4dv3P
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,7Please respect copyright.PENANA8ldGL9iunV
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,7Please respect copyright.PENANAjbh7ZanE7J
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.7Please respect copyright.PENANADmNgfjfpm4
7Please respect copyright.PENANAshzbJcUUxW
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,7Please respect copyright.PENANAmkn3SZcO1D
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,7Please respect copyright.PENANAMB9h31NtjN
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,7Please respect copyright.PENANAJnfZwkbsI8
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.7Please respect copyright.PENANAjGtQzzPjjq
7Please respect copyright.PENANAk4cUmEhajN
Scars long ago faded opened up anew,7Please respect copyright.PENANAq8d0aiKrYz
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,7Please respect copyright.PENANA133SFrIGBr
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,7Please respect copyright.PENANA5OAlCG0yA4
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.7Please respect copyright.PENANAFfDDeckE70
7Please respect copyright.PENANAA63SD3845g
After two decades of gestation,7Please respect copyright.PENANAnwMdUsOOJK
I've now given birth to my first child,7Please respect copyright.PENANAS8eSXRR35I
The afterbirth has been cleaned,7Please respect copyright.PENANAjitxkTm0cC
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.7Please respect copyright.PENANAbIHalOxQ8V
7Please respect copyright.PENANAbKa0NsqW97
I fell in love with her the moment7Please respect copyright.PENANA6pQND2vr4q
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes7Please respect copyright.PENANA5IBlskEHKH
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped7Please respect copyright.PENANAycqo2M5tQO
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.7Please respect copyright.PENANAdrJ4s93lNT
7Please respect copyright.PENANAfGwG2O8J4i
Now I'm searching for a literary agent7Please respect copyright.PENANAVU3WDv1vo0
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl7Please respect copyright.PENANAmD8nYIFK2W
Hoping they will love her7Please respect copyright.PENANA7T3vXk07aB
But knowing they may not.7Please respect copyright.PENANAtsDb9nsHlz
7Please respect copyright.PENANATFbWDlY9Zk
If I can't send her off to finishing school,7Please respect copyright.PENANAiYSdpDfAVE
I will home school her, teach her all I know,7Please respect copyright.PENANA1RhVCJpeWF
And ready her as best I can to face the world,7Please respect copyright.PENANAPaMkXEHBnf
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.7Please respect copyright.PENANAHX0saXftny
7Please respect copyright.PENANAe2JG3AjP3u
If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,7Please respect copyright.PENANAmEiyWcXgl6
In a year or so if life will allow it,7Please respect copyright.PENANArq39hHPi8K
My heart is large and still has room,7Please respect copyright.PENANAqQoCy59JUu
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.7Please respect copyright.PENANA2gPKQE92OF
7Please respect copyright.PENANA6ihZfG1Qby
You can hear me read this poem in my newest poetry reading (of just this poem) here:

7Please respect copyright.PENANAuilLli7W2v
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