inmydreamsiamwalkinginamaze
iamfollowingsomeonewhoisalwaysjustalittletoofarahead
amomentbeforeiroundonecornersheroundsthenext
ineverseehernotevenaglimpseofhercloak
she
itisawomanthenmyquarry
ifollowawomanwalkinginthismaze
theplaceisquiet
thereisnosoundbutthatofmyfootstepsonthefloor
icannotseetheflooritistoodark
thewallsareblank
itisamaze
imadethismazeandnowiamcaughtwithinit
theadherentsofancientreligionscomparethedarknessofthislifetothewanderinginamaze
onlywiththelightofeternaltruththeysaywillwebesetfree
butthereisnolighttofollow
onlyawomanwhomiknowtobeaheadofme
iwalkalittlefaster
iknowwithoutknowinghowiknowthatshealsowalksalittlefaster
onlyalittle
onlyjustoutofreach
itrytorememberwhosheisthiswomanalwaysaheadofme
ithinkthatiknow
ithinkthatthismazeisknowledgethatihavepiecedittogetherliketheconstructionofacomplexpuzzle
iusedtomakepuzzles
idosonolonger
shedoesnottire
shedoesnothunger
shedoesnotthirst
herspeedissteadyincreasingwhenmineincreasesdecreasingwhenminedoes
ifistoppedshetoowouldstop
thispursuitcouldlastforever
itmustnotlastforever
ihavenotimeleft
momentsonly
momentsareallwehaveofcourse
iremembersomethingafragmentaconversation
awomanpushingaslipofpapertowardmeacrossatable
itisgoneagain
iwalkon
icalloutinthedarkness
whoareyou
myvoicereturnstome
itasksmethesamequestion
ialmostknowtheanswer
infuryibegintorun
iurgemybodyforward
aheadofmeherspeedincreases
istrain
mylungsache
iamnonearertoher
irunfasterasfastasipossiblycan
iwillnevercatchher
icollapsetothefloorofthepassage
isitwithmybacktothewallbreathinghard
idespair
mytimeisalmostup
ifonlyicouldturnthetimeroversetthesandflowingintheotherdirection
iconsiderthis
yes
ithinkimayknowhowtoproceed
istandup
iturnaround
yesthisishowitwas
iwalkawayfromher
andnowshebeginstopursueme
iamnotafraid
thisishowitmustbe
ihavecreatedthismaze
iamitsauthor
throughdimly-litcorridorsshepursuesme
shetravelsatthesamepaceasme
whenislowsheslows
wheniquickenshedoeslikewise
nothingappearstohavechanged
buteverythinghaschanged
iamtheauthorofthismaze
iknowitseveryturnandbenditseveryblindalley
iknowitsheart
nowsheisfollowingme
nowicontrolourdestination
countinginthehalf-lightipassbyoneentrancethenanotherthenanother
thepassagesappearidentical
iamlookingfortheheartofthemaze
ichoosecarefully
thisplaceislargerthanonemighthaveexpected
ileadheralongtherouteihavechosen
sheisalwaysjustalittlebehindmejustoutofview
wecomeatlasttotheplaceihavechosen
theheartofthemaze
iknowithinkiknowwhatwillhappenhere
thecentreofthemazeisanemptyroom
thisisthesecretattheheartofeverymaze
sheknowsittoo
emptinessaspaceattheheart
theroomislong
itisunbending
itisaslargeasthemazeitself
thisisamysterybeyondexplanation
iwalkslowlyupthelengthoftheroom
slowerthanslow
sheisbehindme
sheknowswhatwillhappennow
ireachthefardistance
thisisimpossibleofcourse
iturnaround
iseeher
sheseesme
shespeaksaseriesofwords
theymeannothingtome
theymeaneverything
theyarethisstory
itistimeformetogo