Maybe Madeline has left home and is not coming home, or maybe she has run away, and the narrator (her younger sister?) is waiting for her to recover from her "fog" (depression/confusion?) and come back and see her.
Or perhaps Madeline has some mental problem -- like she got injured and is in the hospital in a coma or in a ward, and the narrator is waiting for her to return to her senses.
These lines show that the narrator is waiting for Madeline's mind to return to normal:
"If the fog should ever lift, Come back and see me, Madeline
"When the wind has caught your sails, Come back and see me Madeline"
Note that the narrator says "if the fog should ever lift" and not "when the fog lifts." It's as if the narrator thinks it may never happen.
"Madeline, after a while, They found your photo in a drawer"
Sounds like people found a photo while going through her stuff and cleaning up her place. But when do other people clean up a person's place and find the stuff she left behind? When a person leaves home for a long time -- e.g., when someone passes away or is in the hospital indefinitely, or when a child goes off to college or runs away from home.
Perhaps the photo where the narrator "caught you standing in a door" has to do with her leaving home -- in the doorway, about to leave.
"When you were asked if we were sisters, You replied you weren't sure"
Perhaps Madeline cannot remember who the narrator is (due to some mental problem). Or perhaps Madeline intentionally did not want to acknowledge the narrator as her sister out of anger or arguments they had, and ran away from home for the same reason.
"Will you always keep me waiting? Somehow I'm running out of time"
Perhaps the narrator is getting older, is losing hope in Madeline returning, and is moving on with her life...
Maybe Madeline has left home and is not coming home, or maybe she has run away, and the narrator (her younger sister?) is waiting for her to recover from her "fog" (depression/confusion?) and come back and see her.
Or perhaps Madeline has some mental problem -- like she got injured and is in the hospital in a coma or in a ward, and the narrator is waiting for her to return to her senses.
These lines show that the narrator is waiting for Madeline's mind to return to normal: "If the fog should ever lift, Come back and see me, Madeline "When the wind has caught your sails, Come back and see me Madeline" Note that the narrator says "if the fog should ever lift" and not "when the fog lifts." It's as if the narrator thinks it may never happen.
"Madeline, after a while, They found your photo in a drawer" Sounds like people found a photo while going through her stuff and cleaning up her place. But when do other people clean up a person's place and find the stuff she left behind? When a person leaves home for a long time -- e.g., when someone passes away or is in the hospital indefinitely, or when a child goes off to college or runs away from home.
Perhaps the photo where the narrator "caught you standing in a door" has to do with her leaving home -- in the doorway, about to leave.
"When you were asked if we were sisters, You replied you weren't sure" Perhaps Madeline cannot remember who the narrator is (due to some mental problem). Or perhaps Madeline intentionally did not want to acknowledge the narrator as her sister out of anger or arguments they had, and ran away from home for the same reason.
"Will you always keep me waiting? Somehow I'm running out of time" Perhaps the narrator is getting older, is losing hope in Madeline returning, and is moving on with her life...