Lina Lau

Where I'm From · Apr 28, 2026 · 22m

Where I’m From #34

By Lina Lau

Inspired by George Ella Lyon

I am from homemade things

Pizza and dresses and playdough in every colour

I am from the house before the bend,

Small, red-brick, blooming lilacs in spring

I am from a towering maple

Swung in its arms, covered in leaf piles, burnt orange and brilliant

I am from snow forts and blanket forts

Summer road trips across the border

Sand in our bathing suits

From an immigrant father who left home at 20, never seeing his parents

And an immigrant mother, born the only daughter, born to take care of her parents

I’m from big feelings and high…