Kai Heartlife is an artist and poet from Pacifica. Heartlife was a 2022 and 2023 Youth Speaks Poetry Slam finalist and is currently on the YS SPOKES Youth Advisory Board. They have been writing poetry since 4th grade with Bay Area Creative in and outside of school. Heartlife has also performed with their parents since childhood doing environmentally-focused juggling shows.

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Queer Girl Born Blue

By KAI HEARTLIFE

I want you to know that I love you
even if I don’t show it
Don’t look at you in the mirror