Into the thickness

I wish I could follow that bird
Which flew into the fog and
Vanished in its thickness.
I wonder if it managed to find its
Familiar surroundings again,
Or did it lose its way
And find a fantastic beautiful world
Or did it lose its way
And find a world more grey than
The fog that engulfed it.
Or did it lose its way
And find a world it learned to live in.
I wonder if I follow its shadow
Will I see it go up to find the sun
or tailspin down in the dark.
I wish I could ask the bird,
If it would like fog on a rainy day
Or a cold one
Or a slightly sunny one-
when the world on the other side
Seems to be a bleak image
Of what one expects it to be.


If I could be that bird
Set sail into that fog
Get consumed in the haze
Stretch, ache and gasp for breath
Not knowing
If I would see the light again
Of another world
That could have been,
And could now be-
Then
From this cage,
I'd be free.