I've lived in 1987 for the past two months,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeR5p5tjc0I
Every waking moment and in my every dream,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6M2uF1oqcE
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtXm6ZX4ypl
As is still the case although the work is now done.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn5mFgHiofI
105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Py5zozqI4
Idealistic young lawyer,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LxzG3QyZ5
In his first posting as a dean,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJIsNLT3ROj
In a for-profit business school,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6k9kiMBZl
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJB27kdDGHs
105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhAUGpXBAo
Worked very long hours,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2q5gaPG1A
To change what was wrong,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvy93K76BU8
Achieved great success,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrfMfnqOgzx
Which all came to naught.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBNf1OzV3Dk
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Made friends while tilting at windmills,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5LBZT6ONe5
Stubbornly refusing to accept,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3aXlNRD80S
That which could be changed through simple hard work,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRiqJSxhaoW
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRN9lBGPlxs
105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLljgM7q5M
A classic clash of missions and visions,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEuO4gwSWBN
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQN40WTw7Da
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡri7SreNBr6
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0M0k0RGfvj
105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2jrOa9oQER
I implemented meaningful changes,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtJFry2NeS
That brought unintended consequences,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3vDGjSqPKR
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd7yqHRHpzN
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgdgzZklRbe
105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgaR2OnjKuO
And I learned critical lessons,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnT70IDtsvj
Not just about an industry I did not know,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDSRWiTZUHR
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhxhcabdMKS
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5XZPrfElTh
105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVOjwSlPgj
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK987zbXLy0
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡclUw1zK9Vw
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdpaKvAnooz
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6czNpUzHXh
105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4mryEvQt3
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEI68ZMX4H5
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFemQfCn917
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWXXDiet9j
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1qMpDjFRP
105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhMyQUkylgE
Scars long ago faded opened up anew,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9w6dmjGj3x
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAyDPLfcK8y
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTO58cOgKXf
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Kn7KStnN1
105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8CXbMz5nX
After two decades of gestation,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2iDrVHeycP
I've now given birth to my first child,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Ux7ur0xIR
The afterbirth has been cleaned,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKF02cyIUwn
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkTbONedjDA
105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ46BuNDqj8Z
I fell in love with her the moment105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHm3NJ5keAV
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnYKvq5r1M
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOnSFwetKW
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBvm1TDY6J
105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYuqLHG5sWp
Now I'm searching for a literary agent105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSmmWLUxKpk
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7UFAYuvo94
Hoping they will love her105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLE5rjJ7VvI
But knowing they may not.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIfrDc3JDaL
105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBwh3jTztj
If I can't send her off to finishing school,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZI9u2cHNr
I will home school her, teach her all I know,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhXLDIGSDz
And ready her as best I can to face the world,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQY48GVzAv1
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3NgoHwcZ8o
105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg9aexaEwrR
If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrkvCP0ahTf
In a year or so if life will allow it,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSDeI8OtTNH
My heart is large and still has room,105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdlgBxXC84N
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.105Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpyp9XpA753
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You can hear me read this poem in my newest poetry reading (of just this poem) here: