Cassian Kane

“When you were born, they forgot to ask if you wanted to keep brawls in your knuckles if you wanted to carry war in your skull if you wanted to hold winter in your muscles. (You didn’t.) When you fell, they forgot to ask if you wanted to fly through the skies if you wanted to say goodbye if you wanted to die. (You didn’t.) When you came back, they forgot to ask if you wanted to bear ice in your veins if you wanted to have your memories cleansed if you wanted to live again. (You didn’t.)”

“Often when he was walking past the places where birds were sold he would pay the price asked, take them from their cages, and let them fly off into the air, giving them back their lost freedom.”