Sometimes The Only Way Is The Long One

Eva Cassidy: Fields of Gold

That labyrinth
became a world
whose rules
I lived by,
and I understood
the moral of mazes:
sometimes you have to
turn your back on your goal
to get there,
sometimes
you're farthest away
when you're closest,
sometimes the only way
is the long one.
After that careful walking
and looking down,
the stillness
was deeply moving.

It was breathtaking
to realize
that in the labyrinth,
metaphors and meanings
could be conveyed spatially.
That when you seem farthest
from your destination
is when you suddenly arrive
is a very pat truth in words,
but a profound one
to find with your feet.

--Rebecca Solnit
Wanderlust

Jane Hunt / Natalie Tenenbaum