how to love without fear
is a skill
that i appear
to not possess
loss, grief, and anger
throughout my childhood
taught me how to
leave claw marks on what i love
whether it were myself
or those around me
the worry of suffocating
what i cherish
by holding on too tight
has kept my heart guarded since
to learn to love freely
without the fear of who
or what
might slip away
Finn Ye
Grade: 11 / Sec. V
Richmond Secondary School
Richmond, BC
“Love has always been scary to me. It has been difficult for me to give love, equally as much as knowing how to receive it. It is a skill that I am still learning how to do, and poetry has definitely been a tool that has helped.”
Bio
Finn Ye is a Grade 11 student from Richmond, British Columbia. They love writing about social justice issues affecting young people, and hope that their writing reaches audiences in an intimate yet political way. They love 90s rock music, all things theatre, and exploring overpriced vanilla lattes.