by Noeme Tabor–Farjani
Perhaps some birds are better off caged
in comfort behind railings of a home
free birds seek.
Maybe they are too splendid
for a sky that’s full of song.
What service can they offer but captivity?
Perhaps some birds would rather stay in
safe from an assault of doubts
that are carried by wind,
a perpetual courier of needs and wants
What else is to be done with feeding trays
that are filled up to the brim, laid
before their full stomach?
Perhaps they are but accessories
to carry on a special mission
of relief for some early worms.
Noeme Grace C Tabor-Farjani, PhD, is a Tripoli, Libya-based Filipino poet and memoirist. She is the author of the poetry collections The Gospel of Grace (Newcomer Press, 2021) and Inspecting Wastelands (Ukiyoto, 2023) as well as Letters from Libya: Letters-in-Memoirs (2018), a prose chapbook on her family’s escape from war.