“I Speak in Apology” is the last word on a failed relationship that helped Naveen start to face a lot of trauma she’s pushed off since childhood. Her monologue seeks not to paint her as the innocent victim, but finally take a stand on actions she let slide. She states “I spent so much of that relationship apologizing for who I was and cultivating someone satiable that was worthy of love. I sacrificed my physical and mental wellbeing in order to be with someone who fell for this idea of me and was constantly at odds with who I really was. I apologized every single day and 9 times out of 10 I didn’t need to.” This piece is about rebuilding self and fighting old haunts. https://womenslunchplace.org/donate