The Fog

A Poem by A_Hancuff

A false hope leading a man astray from all he knows.

The fog, the fog, it’s all I see 
The fog, the fog, it surrounds, confines me
 A single path I walk alone 
Straight and narrow its all I’ve known 
From birth until the day I die 
I walk forever but know not why 
A light, a flicker, to the left 
A beam of fire from the west 
They say curiosity killed a cat
 But I must know where this light is at
 I walk, I wander from my path 
Into the darkness myself i cast 
Hours and hours toward the light 
Step by step, day by night
The light flickers, flares, then goes out 
Stranded and scared i scream and shout 
“Oh light oh light please come back,
 Oh light oh light where am I at?”
 No light, no path, just the fog 
And faint memories only time can jog