Nausha Ameen's "far away" is about feeling out of place, as though everything that matters has slipped out of reach. The speaker seems lost, both in their own thoughts and in time. Home no longer feels like a place they belong to, and living among other people feels like being surrounded by strangers. That sense of distance is what the title points to.
The poem then turns to restriction. "Rules meant to be followed" sits right beside "dreams that are meant to fly away," which suggests that obedience and ambition pull in opposite directions. The closing image of the caged bird makes the point plainly: birds are supposed to fly, yet this one is kept shut in. The speaker seems to see themselves in that bird.
The mood is lonely, wistful and quietly frustrated. The short, plain lines and the repeated "when birds are supposed to..." give the ending a sad, insistent ring, like someone repeating a truth that the world refuses to act on.