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[aid] => mick
[title] => Before The Law
[time] => 2011-10-21 08:53:33
[hometext] => This is a poetry extract from my new book, Kafka...for our time, which features over 24 new translations of Franz Kafkas work, along with my interpretations and poems. You can find out more here: http://www.kafkaforourtime.com
[bodytext] => My curiosity had brought me …to the gates of The Law But all progress was halted… I could venture no more A Gatekeeper there stood… who obstructed my path With his menacing demeanour …and a soul filled with wrath Warning not to continue… on my journey ahead For more frightening will face me: The thought filled me with dread Though my hunger for knowledge… of what lay inside Simply would not relent …it just would not subside But he held firm with his caution… of the immanent danger So now who do I trust …myself or this stranger? Held back with uncertainty, burdened with apprehension Unsure of my fate… I’m held here in suspension So I patiently waited, hoping he would relent But time just marched on, with opportunities spent As my life drifted on, and the years passed me by All that remained… was just waiting to die The end brought me courage… to enquire of this gate Though I was informed, it was just for my fate And thus when I am gone, it will be closed up and locked I’ve no time to be sorry, nor time to be shocked I think of all those ambitions, of those things I’ve desired For the unique opportunities… that left me inspired Although I look back and wish for… this chance once again It is time to accept… this is where I’ll remain But the long-term companion I chose …it was fear Controlling my choices… it drove me to despair So now at the end… I am filled with regret The price that I’ve paid …is a terrible debt And what of the lesson …I chose to endure? It was my time spent in judgement… Before The Law! [comments] => 0 [counter] => 61 [topic] => 61 [informant] => mikemajor [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => selfstruggles )
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