Kayode Afolabi’s most recent poem to appear here was “Two Worlds” (February 2018).
Uneasy World
By Kayode Afolabi
I’m the fledgling who flew off
On knowing our kind needs no parachutes . . .
I meet less space in the firmament
Than in our little nests
Missiles climb at me
Raindrops drown my wings
I run at the thought of falcons
In my respite, I sniff at tears—
The world sure smells
Like empty trees with thorny nests