Leticia Guzman is a Youth Speaks alumna. Her work has appeared in the Youth Speaks anthology, Between My Body and The Air, and the Steve Martin and Edie Brickell musical, Bright Star. Guzman, a queer Chicana poeta, uses writing to heal her inner child. She resides in Hayward, California.

YOUTH PORTFOLIO

Loved

By LETICIA GUZMAN

The truth came to me through muddy hands and silly smiles.
In knotted laces, I learned patience.