tell myself i'm sorry

tell myself i’m sorry is a raw account of growing up as a perfectionist, people pleaser, and carrying expectations that were never meant to feel so heavy. Brinda Perumal bares her heart with honest reflections of her upbringing, relationships, cultural pressures, and emerging sense of self with sarcastic humor, curiosity, and uninhibited vulnerability.

This poetry collection guides the reader through suppressed emotions, uncertain futures, and the difficult work of as…