I've lived in 1987 for the past two months,64Please respect copyright.PENANAYzYh26WJ41
Every waking moment and in my every dream,64Please respect copyright.PENANAoHmJTZlu87
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,64Please respect copyright.PENANAfhbNYMHzcp
As is still the case although the work is now done.64Please respect copyright.PENANAB2bGMtGb25
64Please respect copyright.PENANAyqDdqf3AXX
Idealistic young lawyer,64Please respect copyright.PENANAXJAZD1jsIe
In his first posting as a dean,64Please respect copyright.PENANAFJijPusBOq
In a for-profit business school,64Please respect copyright.PENANAhX3W1l65qD
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.64Please respect copyright.PENANAnGLUZuabE8
64Please respect copyright.PENANANy13Y0DG8E
Worked very long hours,64Please respect copyright.PENANAPAkH1DU95E
To change what was wrong,64Please respect copyright.PENANANalSejIubd
Achieved great success,64Please respect copyright.PENANAcm7UHg66Jk
Which all came to naught.64Please respect copyright.PENANAhIYGejH3Pg
64Please respect copyright.PENANAWzp2VK7CkI
Made friends while tilting at windmills,64Please respect copyright.PENANAK84oaK8U7h
Stubbornly refusing to accept,64Please respect copyright.PENANASMkOgbcW9I
That which could be changed through simple hard work,64Please respect copyright.PENANAT5Ko6qcxTO
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.64Please respect copyright.PENANAFMgOJwSPOA
64Please respect copyright.PENANA3TKGSq7m1I
A classic clash of missions and visions,64Please respect copyright.PENANAnVVRyULOEe
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,64Please respect copyright.PENANAVRTMSfQnWc
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,64Please respect copyright.PENANAjaHfaFOkQ9
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.64Please respect copyright.PENANAeB93VGE4Il
64Please respect copyright.PENANA8ze81p1P3t
I implemented meaningful changes,64Please respect copyright.PENANA2WQNUPUEco
That brought unintended consequences,64Please respect copyright.PENANARHmOlR3H4u
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,64Please respect copyright.PENANAmNSZn4e3XW
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.64Please respect copyright.PENANAVe9t03wMBD
64Please respect copyright.PENANAHBMPiyPQVU
And I learned critical lessons,64Please respect copyright.PENANAH8Yg4nnzbJ
Not just about an industry I did not know,64Please respect copyright.PENANAA1XQSetBY8
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,64Please respect copyright.PENANAB3mQWUdNGc
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.64Please respect copyright.PENANASGhjeBcSZ9
64Please respect copyright.PENANAEfhEF5pcHy
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,64Please respect copyright.PENANAep0h9qJcmc
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,64Please respect copyright.PENANALkBuglIXav
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,64Please respect copyright.PENANAOrTT23H87A
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.64Please respect copyright.PENANALceoR1Nl4J
64Please respect copyright.PENANAfOXJqSd4pv
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,64Please respect copyright.PENANA6H3SJVhdLs
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,64Please respect copyright.PENANAcq6PxzbDQi
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,64Please respect copyright.PENANAispDY067Ri
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.64Please respect copyright.PENANA4BrOITgSJ5
64Please respect copyright.PENANABpZa743dlh
Scars long ago faded opened up anew,64Please respect copyright.PENANAB9VQGPngHA
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,64Please respect copyright.PENANAwP1Q3N5X8n
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,64Please respect copyright.PENANAJopCMJfqBj
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.64Please respect copyright.PENANAlNWrEGuftQ
64Please respect copyright.PENANAGRaOim1cJC
After two decades of gestation,64Please respect copyright.PENANAl5S2ng5MkK
I've now given birth to my first child,64Please respect copyright.PENANAp0qOp38mM3
The afterbirth has been cleaned,64Please respect copyright.PENANAbqjTfZNZVC
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.64Please respect copyright.PENANA13na6BMscr
64Please respect copyright.PENANAXH1UqKCjUD
I fell in love with her the moment64Please respect copyright.PENANAf4Syk1lJTK
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes64Please respect copyright.PENANANixjG0xkIi
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped64Please respect copyright.PENANAcGvvFhqJpa
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.64Please respect copyright.PENANARQomkj6D9W
64Please respect copyright.PENANAEngwFM5yVg
Now I'm searching for a literary agent64Please respect copyright.PENANAgjsqyRaQWL
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl64Please respect copyright.PENANArgyXc56UyU
Hoping they will love her64Please respect copyright.PENANAtDgHUnLqDz
But knowing they may not.64Please respect copyright.PENANAdBtxD4MDRp
64Please respect copyright.PENANAeemdVmJPm3
If I can't send her off to finishing school,64Please respect copyright.PENANArMyZoIY1G1
I will home school her, teach her all I know,64Please respect copyright.PENANASQWf5Izw4v
And ready her as best I can to face the world,64Please respect copyright.PENANADFDYCm4PnV
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.64Please respect copyright.PENANAwYj3nSGp33
64Please respect copyright.PENANA11xbh2cfEa
If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,64Please respect copyright.PENANAV557VGvYAI
In a year or so if life will allow it,64Please respect copyright.PENANAtbK9hsnqmR
My heart is large and still has room,64Please respect copyright.PENANANlNSj2nUPe
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.64Please respect copyright.PENANAFv2wgPlx9T
64Please respect copyright.PENANA0pScr3LwAN
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,64Please respect copyright.PENANAoHmJTZlu87
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,64Please respect copyright.PENANAfhbNYMHzcp
As is still the case although the work is now done.64Please respect copyright.PENANAB2bGMtGb25
64Please respect copyright.PENANAyqDdqf3AXX
Idealistic young lawyer,64Please respect copyright.PENANAXJAZD1jsIe
In his first posting as a dean,64Please respect copyright.PENANAFJijPusBOq
In a for-profit business school,64Please respect copyright.PENANAhX3W1l65qD
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.64Please respect copyright.PENANAnGLUZuabE8
64Please respect copyright.PENANANy13Y0DG8E
Worked very long hours,64Please respect copyright.PENANAPAkH1DU95E
To change what was wrong,64Please respect copyright.PENANANalSejIubd
Achieved great success,64Please respect copyright.PENANAcm7UHg66Jk
Which all came to naught.64Please respect copyright.PENANAhIYGejH3Pg
64Please respect copyright.PENANAWzp2VK7CkI
Made friends while tilting at windmills,64Please respect copyright.PENANAK84oaK8U7h
Stubbornly refusing to accept,64Please respect copyright.PENANASMkOgbcW9I
That which could be changed through simple hard work,64Please respect copyright.PENANAT5Ko6qcxTO
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.64Please respect copyright.PENANAFMgOJwSPOA
64Please respect copyright.PENANA3TKGSq7m1I
A classic clash of missions and visions,64Please respect copyright.PENANAnVVRyULOEe
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,64Please respect copyright.PENANAVRTMSfQnWc
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,64Please respect copyright.PENANAjaHfaFOkQ9
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.64Please respect copyright.PENANAeB93VGE4Il
64Please respect copyright.PENANA8ze81p1P3t
I implemented meaningful changes,64Please respect copyright.PENANA2WQNUPUEco
That brought unintended consequences,64Please respect copyright.PENANARHmOlR3H4u
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,64Please respect copyright.PENANAmNSZn4e3XW
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.64Please respect copyright.PENANAVe9t03wMBD
64Please respect copyright.PENANAHBMPiyPQVU
And I learned critical lessons,64Please respect copyright.PENANAH8Yg4nnzbJ
Not just about an industry I did not know,64Please respect copyright.PENANAA1XQSetBY8
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,64Please respect copyright.PENANAB3mQWUdNGc
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.64Please respect copyright.PENANASGhjeBcSZ9
64Please respect copyright.PENANAEfhEF5pcHy
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,64Please respect copyright.PENANAep0h9qJcmc
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,64Please respect copyright.PENANALkBuglIXav
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,64Please respect copyright.PENANAOrTT23H87A
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.64Please respect copyright.PENANALceoR1Nl4J
64Please respect copyright.PENANAfOXJqSd4pv
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,64Please respect copyright.PENANA6H3SJVhdLs
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,64Please respect copyright.PENANAcq6PxzbDQi
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,64Please respect copyright.PENANAispDY067Ri
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.64Please respect copyright.PENANA4BrOITgSJ5
64Please respect copyright.PENANABpZa743dlh
Scars long ago faded opened up anew,64Please respect copyright.PENANAB9VQGPngHA
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,64Please respect copyright.PENANAwP1Q3N5X8n
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,64Please respect copyright.PENANAJopCMJfqBj
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.64Please respect copyright.PENANAlNWrEGuftQ
64Please respect copyright.PENANAGRaOim1cJC
After two decades of gestation,64Please respect copyright.PENANAl5S2ng5MkK
I've now given birth to my first child,64Please respect copyright.PENANAp0qOp38mM3
The afterbirth has been cleaned,64Please respect copyright.PENANAbqjTfZNZVC
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.64Please respect copyright.PENANA13na6BMscr
64Please respect copyright.PENANAXH1UqKCjUD
I fell in love with her the moment64Please respect copyright.PENANAf4Syk1lJTK
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes64Please respect copyright.PENANANixjG0xkIi
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped64Please respect copyright.PENANAcGvvFhqJpa
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.64Please respect copyright.PENANARQomkj6D9W
64Please respect copyright.PENANAEngwFM5yVg
Now I'm searching for a literary agent64Please respect copyright.PENANAgjsqyRaQWL
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl64Please respect copyright.PENANArgyXc56UyU
Hoping they will love her64Please respect copyright.PENANAtDgHUnLqDz
But knowing they may not.64Please respect copyright.PENANAdBtxD4MDRp
64Please respect copyright.PENANAeemdVmJPm3
If I can't send her off to finishing school,64Please respect copyright.PENANArMyZoIY1G1
I will home school her, teach her all I know,64Please respect copyright.PENANASQWf5Izw4v
And ready her as best I can to face the world,64Please respect copyright.PENANADFDYCm4PnV
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.64Please respect copyright.PENANAwYj3nSGp33
64Please respect copyright.PENANA11xbh2cfEa
If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,64Please respect copyright.PENANAV557VGvYAI
In a year or so if life will allow it,64Please respect copyright.PENANAtbK9hsnqmR
My heart is large and still has room,64Please respect copyright.PENANANlNSj2nUPe
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.64Please respect copyright.PENANAFv2wgPlx9T
64Please respect copyright.PENANA0pScr3LwAN
You can hear me read this poem in my newest poetry reading (of just this poem) here:

64Please respect copyright.PENANAyOZxXunya6
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