‘He’s already gone’: Montreal teen turns to writing after father’s death to cancer
Global News
Sixteen-year-old Tyler Szeremeta, a Grade 11 student at John Rennie High School, lost his father to cancer in December 2022.
For Tyler Szeremeta, speaking about the death of his father hasn’t always been easy.
The 16-year-old Montreal teen lost him to cancer in December 2022, and dealing with all of the emotions that followed was difficult to put into words.
“It was weird just knowing that my life is nowhere near done and he’s already gone,” said Szeremeta. “So that part of my life — I don’t have a bond with my dad, like some other people do. It was difficult wrapping my head around that.”
In trying to deal with his grief, he discovered poetry during an English class at his school.
He eventually started putting his thoughts on paper, and then created a poem about his father that was emotional for him and his whole family.
“It was really emotional for all of us,” said his sister Jamie Szeremeta. “We all thought it was really nice and it just touched all of us.”
After reading the poem to his teachers, he thought to share the poem with more people.
Last month, Szeremata participated in John Rennie High School’s Black & Gold variety show and performed his story on stage in front of crowds of people.
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