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Restore their Freedom

Jean E Ragual, Mindanao-Singapore

 

Birds fly freely

They desire to gain freedom

In their home

They desire a happy home 

 

The baby birds

The innocent baby birds

The adult birds 

The innocent adult birds

 

Birds fly everywhere 

To find a place to be home

But all is gone

The birds are roaring

They don't know where to go

Somebody destroyed their home

Some birds die 

 

Their habitats destroyed

Distractions kill them

Please let them live freely

 

Everyday a couple flies 

Searching for a perfect home

With their child they journey

Until they get tired and 

Rest their weary wings

 

It may not be your land 

But this is our planet 

And we are all one 

So let us protect their home, our home

For the innocent birds of freedom

 

Let them stay

Offer them peace 

Restore their place 

And make them happy to be at home

To fly freely into tomorrow

 

 

 

 

Jean E. Ragual is from M'lang, North Cotabato, Mindanao, Philippines, and she has worked as a domestic helper in Singapore since 2008. Her work has been featured in the Migrant Workers Photography Festival 2019, where she won the “Places and Architecture” category. She is also a finalist of the Migrant Worker Poetry Competition Singapore 2017. 

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