Going To Walden It Isn't Very Far

Mary Oliver

Going to walden it isn't very far as highways lie. i might be back by nightfall, having seen the rough pines, and the stones, and the clear water. friends argue that i might be wiser for it. they do not hear that far-off yankee whisper: how dull we grow from hurrying here and there! many have gone, and think me half a fool to miss a day away in the cool country. maybe. but in a book i read and cherish, going to walden is not so easy a thing as a green visit. it is the slow and difficult trick of living, and finding it where you are.