I've lived in 1987 for the past two months,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh44JajQiI7
Every waking moment and in my every dream,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqK4ma0JhL
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ03xMNQH2MP
As is still the case although the work is now done.180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEp3DxM31Sx
180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIcBKmG2wwA
Idealistic young lawyer,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvbhbdueLrO
In his first posting as a dean,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoHHUJKqRHU
In a for-profit business school,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy7PpNWbmfq
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyeLYmgOLx5
180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuh24UeHBCh
Worked very long hours,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0YC2a5x8sC
To change what was wrong,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhQiMGYQRB
Achieved great success,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNR7tcwZnV
Which all came to naught.180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2AXKaBYg7g
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Made friends while tilting at windmills,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx6gT8wVlVf
Stubbornly refusing to accept,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Tlx4Qdg96
That which could be changed through simple hard work,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGfJHHcp70
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdHcUXiSAe
180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh698TBNxc6
A classic clash of missions and visions,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwxRn3LxDk
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQtlAQlXCH
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGLMz7OtYZ
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSrKSYymKB
180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGNM8XKnwMq
I implemented meaningful changes,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0eEzBty708
That brought unintended consequences,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpWpNpEVSDI
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8tN1wEm5Wk
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCzMUWOYGj
180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8LrSM0otZ
And I learned critical lessons,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFOEj77BxF
Not just about an industry I did not know,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGc0pdRoG4
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAbm8XhqtPo
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGrBMUQp3et
180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjTnLxItfov
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6kfhXYFUc3
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWZ5bvUhZX
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡke6GEYCe24
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSYi6CnTZc
180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHnaVHyr7A2
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLsNyh4wBu
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDyQTBgvNw
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ZTsx1iLCv
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4kmou7OXQ
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Scars long ago faded opened up anew,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYb6NkJ6X9q
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29OwXSE7To
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZp11jutEp2
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7Wtpknz65
180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4UJOwj5nFD
After two decades of gestation,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafgVHGxRb9
I've now given birth to my first child,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IdZlxVgmL
The afterbirth has been cleaned,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXj3MtoMiWr
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4CIUZ2p4em
180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjEZEN8piVU
I fell in love with her the moment180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQNEQ1BgWV
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxiopXCiRA
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvqedOxi1rY
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxsfOQe6olD
180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6nyrTtZ1Wu
Now I'm searching for a literary agent180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwieomIsRSU
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYqIx6GDj55
Hoping they will love her180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU60NNhUaSa
But knowing they may not.180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ym066t365
180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2tLR4IZ5kO
If I can't send her off to finishing school,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIK6mszZTV6
I will home school her, teach her all I know,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcYZQgmTyFU
And ready her as best I can to face the world,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7BPZvFqAu2
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSdME67MJEU
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If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0EQRlva9v
In a year or so if life will allow it,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwIZsD0fTn
My heart is large and still has room,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtEUFrSXWIn
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWpxylWi97
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You can hear me read this poem in my newest poetry reading (of just this poem) here: