I've lived in 1987 for the past two months,108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkhwGbPkST9
Every waking moment and in my every dream,108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZONZsognA
When sleep would finally come called by exhaustion,108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwIjecKFKTk
As is still the case although the work is now done.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHq2CUPkBaZ
108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5jLY0cKxt
Idealistic young lawyer,108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEiGtLJx3sF
In his first posting as a dean,108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKzMkqgwQWG
In a for-profit business school,108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHi2NsxKskH
Naive voice crying in the wilderness.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo530ntWpzY
108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJSe0hvRmw
Worked very long hours,108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuUClWrG3sY
To change what was wrong,108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfBLUJ31cQ
Achieved great success,108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNnR184Dygu
Which all came to naught.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAxNui2vBgm
108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ0MEzWhlD9
Made friends while tilting at windmills,108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWz23SiOTV
Stubbornly refusing to accept,108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWBwnYzd6i
That which could be changed through simple hard work,108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHAO2NNr9KO
That I believed would make real difference in others' lives.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhh06snFzgT
108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsW6F3wEI9
A classic clash of missions and visions,108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOR8WfmJSE
Provides the factual drama--theirs, to maximize profits,108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYnv7Zrw9H4
And deliver an education at the lowest possible cost,108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNw0Llo2LL
Mine to be in the business of changing lives for the better.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzU33pGLSE
108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlxlaVC94t
I implemented meaningful changes,108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVyZGkiHogN
That brought unintended consequences,108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWpZK7NwWx2
I found unacceptable, and personal conflicts,108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBlbhKTZkUz
That caused me to resign while still on excellent terms.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaa4p1RDGLq
108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡncnJWAzFMs
And I learned critical lessons,108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFKYAiEKnaW
Not just about an industry I did not know,108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuli3PevdZs
But about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses,108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwV5hQdTOM
And about love that brought joy and pain that I can still feel.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz8FLRXnoxv
108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDlQ5NWvwh2
I wrote through the night, composed at the keyboard,108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs7E91lwGsH
Sleeping only a few hours when my vision blurred,108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQgEQmAbOmY
And I could not focus any more around 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.,108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ15nBXyUKAB
Then back to my keyboard and my previous life.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe9O7Rdi75p
108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLM8JOIn91b
Ghosts long thought buried rose, warm flesh and blood,108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPcTZJxDla
Old battles fought anew, old brown paths grew verdant,108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMX6ve3Y7jC
Cold cinders rekindled, closed doors opened wide,108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNtw2seX0a
Beckoned me to live for a time in what might have been.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL4P4y1sY33
108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmYCdqVdFjc
Scars long ago faded opened up anew,108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCTi9COLNnK
The heart cried tears of blood, and fiction,108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq2KDGQflgC
Much too close to truth flowed onto the page,108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSzZ3kfSwjH
Chasing sleep away long after the writing was done.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ58wl9iAGFF
108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkqJbrZAz0s
After two decades of gestation,108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzHIoSvkx1
I've now given birth to my first child,108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gJB7uWv9Z
The afterbirth has been cleaned,108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVLnHXm04u
She is all pink, warm, and oh so cuddly.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsIdBdoJjdJ
108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8GGl737oEN
I fell in love with her the moment108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxRSqIQHlJ
I stared into her huge, bright, old-soul eyes108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1ILGpaxnY
Her strong, tiny hand is now wrapped108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzLtBg9cpE
Around all of my heart strings and will be for life.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4t3bS6e2UT
108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivg2Wexjij
Now I'm searching for a literary agent108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2U9T1uYRsu
Sending tiny snapshots of my little girl108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFkN0qyJQkU
Hoping they will love her108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvTewvn50Q
But knowing they may not.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP7Dz6me8xK
108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡweXpYWHJO2
If I can't send her off to finishing school,108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDdpdsoJXuK
I will home school her, teach her all I know,108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQeaUejN4Xa
And ready her as best I can to face the world,108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIGDmCYIGup
Where she may not thrive but will always have my love.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxnbikkACDg
108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBruLdbfYX2
If all goes well, I will give her a sister to play with,108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zFWdVksiL
In a year or so if life will allow it,108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYqDW2ANZkk
My heart is large and still has room,108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMdg5qlTQZA
For more wounds to open that only they can heal.108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyEx7ELagOu
108Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8rLKlW3kC7
You can hear me read this poem in my newest poetry reading (of just this poem) here: