I've lived in 1987 for the past two months,158Please respect copyright.PENANAvsrd7aD6OP
Every waking moment and in my every dream,158Please respect copyright.PENANA5aCFKl0jsi
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,158Please respect copyright.PENANAjP569xRoPX
As is still the case although the work is now done.158Please respect copyright.PENANAkxWpl7Dkvt
158Please respect copyright.PENANAQeOYRtu42B
Idealistic young lawyer,158Please respect copyright.PENANAZNrsPsMYA0
In his first posting as a dean,158Please respect copyright.PENANAiJDVUTOJc1
In a for-profit business school,158Please respect copyright.PENANA1i9xRyCtXk
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.158Please respect copyright.PENANAKUlDIAl0lA
158Please respect copyright.PENANAqgbyInIW3N
Worked very long hours,158Please respect copyright.PENANACkgar8AIuO
To change what was wrong,158Please respect copyright.PENANAxA61X4SESL
Achieved great success,158Please respect copyright.PENANAlPyYTgrpRu
Which all came to naught.158Please respect copyright.PENANA5jrGeUcCbQ
158Please respect copyright.PENANAX4ahHIqZMh
Made friends while tilting at windmills,158Please respect copyright.PENANAohI23f4QY6
Stubbornly refusing to accept,158Please respect copyright.PENANAmHze4a2Ey0
That which could be changed through simple hard work,158Please respect copyright.PENANA1mwKHGA9hg
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.158Please respect copyright.PENANA2dacNDjT3v
158Please respect copyright.PENANALNrBWhMHzi
A classic clash of missions and visions,158Please respect copyright.PENANAeuA3ZkAwQy
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,158Please respect copyright.PENANACtxGvUuwpE
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,158Please respect copyright.PENANAZJyhRS3eyW
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.158Please respect copyright.PENANAk4qbtsLNkb
158Please respect copyright.PENANAUj2JLC6U8k
I implemented meaningful changes,158Please respect copyright.PENANAmsH9YfIefJ
That brought unintended consequences,158Please respect copyright.PENANAlnLl6aJGlh
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,158Please respect copyright.PENANAfZbTdh0AFC
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.158Please respect copyright.PENANA8Sep6iaZve
158Please respect copyright.PENANAWqvmNKMovp
And I learned critical lessons,158Please respect copyright.PENANADZdm27j6zk
Not just about an industry I did not know,158Please respect copyright.PENANAUvrUhNss0h
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,158Please respect copyright.PENANAZ2HufnhC70
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.158Please respect copyright.PENANArPE9dXITK9
158Please respect copyright.PENANAEgDZZvCQJ9
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,158Please respect copyright.PENANABMThZg6Y2h
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,158Please respect copyright.PENANAbMk507Njf8
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,158Please respect copyright.PENANAc7SHG65uQK
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.158Please respect copyright.PENANAMKJMrL3W8h
158Please respect copyright.PENANAl3iWmvEzU6
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,158Please respect copyright.PENANAjlVOeK5egD
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,158Please respect copyright.PENANA6L2VkfCcrZ
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,158Please respect copyright.PENANArA3DFHUYPG
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.158Please respect copyright.PENANArLVH91HdkH
158Please respect copyright.PENANAQNsaZM9525
Scars long ago faded opened up anew,158Please respect copyright.PENANAZW2gbYHqEc
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,158Please respect copyright.PENANAbKnglWoiIb
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,158Please respect copyright.PENANAqwEPhcAlvg
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.158Please respect copyright.PENANAP01SsJItRy
158Please respect copyright.PENANA4hXqbQ7Jy3
After two decades of gestation,158Please respect copyright.PENANA6RlzwWPmqv
I've now given birth to my first child,158Please respect copyright.PENANAQ2LRgMKdxf
The afterbirth has been cleaned,158Please respect copyright.PENANA7JcqASahI5
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.158Please respect copyright.PENANA1nA7Y7naZJ
158Please respect copyright.PENANAxLryXUNeQu
I fell in love with her the moment158Please respect copyright.PENANAcTAoMkVtba
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes158Please respect copyright.PENANA5uiQ5lP6LT
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped158Please respect copyright.PENANAHCkfRPVEKb
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.158Please respect copyright.PENANAY2evxfZLkR
158Please respect copyright.PENANAFOliieeYLN
Now I'm searching for a literary agent158Please respect copyright.PENANApRs6Kj8sRC
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl158Please respect copyright.PENANAYxKjuK0xku
Hoping they will love her158Please respect copyright.PENANAQhLKu6n9q0
But knowing they may not.158Please respect copyright.PENANAIjsChi3msN
158Please respect copyright.PENANAPyx4GFlsG7
If I can't send her off to finishing school,158Please respect copyright.PENANAOJhHchSdVW
I will home school her, teach her all I know,158Please respect copyright.PENANAAxanGmUSOW
And ready her as best I can to face the world,158Please respect copyright.PENANAHbOvddjlg9
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.158Please respect copyright.PENANAyw871MBeHL
158Please respect copyright.PENANAPMutiounS4
If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,158Please respect copyright.PENANASfXuhXxlkb
In a year or so if life will allow it,158Please respect copyright.PENANACA5Ud5EEIy
My heart is large and still has room,158Please respect copyright.PENANAsqqgjVOhEp
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.158Please respect copyright.PENANAGY5iwsNZhi
158Please respect copyright.PENANAMTd9Fc6aVs
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,158Please respect copyright.PENANA5aCFKl0jsi
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,158Please respect copyright.PENANAjP569xRoPX
As is still the case although the work is now done.158Please respect copyright.PENANAkxWpl7Dkvt
158Please respect copyright.PENANAQeOYRtu42B
Idealistic young lawyer,158Please respect copyright.PENANAZNrsPsMYA0
In his first posting as a dean,158Please respect copyright.PENANAiJDVUTOJc1
In a for-profit business school,158Please respect copyright.PENANA1i9xRyCtXk
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.158Please respect copyright.PENANAKUlDIAl0lA
158Please respect copyright.PENANAqgbyInIW3N
Worked very long hours,158Please respect copyright.PENANACkgar8AIuO
To change what was wrong,158Please respect copyright.PENANAxA61X4SESL
Achieved great success,158Please respect copyright.PENANAlPyYTgrpRu
Which all came to naught.158Please respect copyright.PENANA5jrGeUcCbQ
158Please respect copyright.PENANAX4ahHIqZMh
Made friends while tilting at windmills,158Please respect copyright.PENANAohI23f4QY6
Stubbornly refusing to accept,158Please respect copyright.PENANAmHze4a2Ey0
That which could be changed through simple hard work,158Please respect copyright.PENANA1mwKHGA9hg
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.158Please respect copyright.PENANA2dacNDjT3v
158Please respect copyright.PENANALNrBWhMHzi
A classic clash of missions and visions,158Please respect copyright.PENANAeuA3ZkAwQy
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,158Please respect copyright.PENANACtxGvUuwpE
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,158Please respect copyright.PENANAZJyhRS3eyW
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.158Please respect copyright.PENANAk4qbtsLNkb
158Please respect copyright.PENANAUj2JLC6U8k
I implemented meaningful changes,158Please respect copyright.PENANAmsH9YfIefJ
That brought unintended consequences,158Please respect copyright.PENANAlnLl6aJGlh
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,158Please respect copyright.PENANAfZbTdh0AFC
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.158Please respect copyright.PENANA8Sep6iaZve
158Please respect copyright.PENANAWqvmNKMovp
And I learned critical lessons,158Please respect copyright.PENANADZdm27j6zk
Not just about an industry I did not know,158Please respect copyright.PENANAUvrUhNss0h
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,158Please respect copyright.PENANAZ2HufnhC70
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.158Please respect copyright.PENANArPE9dXITK9
158Please respect copyright.PENANAEgDZZvCQJ9
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,158Please respect copyright.PENANABMThZg6Y2h
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,158Please respect copyright.PENANAbMk507Njf8
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,158Please respect copyright.PENANAc7SHG65uQK
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.158Please respect copyright.PENANAMKJMrL3W8h
158Please respect copyright.PENANAl3iWmvEzU6
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,158Please respect copyright.PENANAjlVOeK5egD
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,158Please respect copyright.PENANA6L2VkfCcrZ
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,158Please respect copyright.PENANArA3DFHUYPG
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.158Please respect copyright.PENANArLVH91HdkH
158Please respect copyright.PENANAQNsaZM9525
Scars long ago faded opened up anew,158Please respect copyright.PENANAZW2gbYHqEc
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,158Please respect copyright.PENANAbKnglWoiIb
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,158Please respect copyright.PENANAqwEPhcAlvg
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.158Please respect copyright.PENANAP01SsJItRy
158Please respect copyright.PENANA4hXqbQ7Jy3
After two decades of gestation,158Please respect copyright.PENANA6RlzwWPmqv
I've now given birth to my first child,158Please respect copyright.PENANAQ2LRgMKdxf
The afterbirth has been cleaned,158Please respect copyright.PENANA7JcqASahI5
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.158Please respect copyright.PENANA1nA7Y7naZJ
158Please respect copyright.PENANAxLryXUNeQu
I fell in love with her the moment158Please respect copyright.PENANAcTAoMkVtba
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes158Please respect copyright.PENANA5uiQ5lP6LT
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped158Please respect copyright.PENANAHCkfRPVEKb
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.158Please respect copyright.PENANAY2evxfZLkR
158Please respect copyright.PENANAFOliieeYLN
Now I'm searching for a literary agent158Please respect copyright.PENANApRs6Kj8sRC
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl158Please respect copyright.PENANAYxKjuK0xku
Hoping they will love her158Please respect copyright.PENANAQhLKu6n9q0
But knowing they may not.158Please respect copyright.PENANAIjsChi3msN
158Please respect copyright.PENANAPyx4GFlsG7
If I can't send her off to finishing school,158Please respect copyright.PENANAOJhHchSdVW
I will home school her, teach her all I know,158Please respect copyright.PENANAAxanGmUSOW
And ready her as best I can to face the world,158Please respect copyright.PENANAHbOvddjlg9
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.158Please respect copyright.PENANAyw871MBeHL
158Please respect copyright.PENANAPMutiounS4
If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,158Please respect copyright.PENANASfXuhXxlkb
In a year or so if life will allow it,158Please respect copyright.PENANACA5Ud5EEIy
My heart is large and still has room,158Please respect copyright.PENANAsqqgjVOhEp
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.158Please respect copyright.PENANAGY5iwsNZhi
158Please respect copyright.PENANAMTd9Fc6aVs
You can hear me read this poem in my newest poetry reading (of just this poem) here:

158Please respect copyright.PENANAserUkCpzno
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