Syd Leilani is a Los Angeles–based poet from Inglewood, California. Her work explores grief, memory, and the quiet weight of becoming, often drawing from deeply personal experiences. Through her writing, she creates space for reflection, vulnerability, and the emotions that are often left unspoken. Her poetry lives at the intersection of loss and love, where healing is not linear but deeply felt. She is the author of SCRIBBLED, Marathon, and Finding Myself.