I BURIED THE APOLOGY: Poems on Betrayal, Forgiveness and Living Without Closure
About this audiobook
What happens when the apology you waited for finally arrives, but forgiveness still feels impossible?
A missing key. A photograph carefully cropped. A letter that names what happened.
In I Buried the Apology, Mira Vale traces the aftermath of an intimate relationship in which everyday objects became evidence of hurt. When the long-awaited apology arrives, the speaker must decide whether recognising remorse also means offering someone a place in her life again.
Across 46 poems, the collection moves from waiting and self-doubt to a more difficult kind of freedom. Friends and family remember events differently. The speaker also faces the harm she has caused, and discovers that accountability is never simple from the other side.
Written in restrained, image-led free verse, this collection explores betrayal, love after loss and the limits of closure.
For readers of contemporary poetry who value emotional precision and morally complicated endings.
About the author
Mira Vale writes intimate, image-led poetry about memory, accountability and the private arrangements that shape relationships. Her work explores the emotional evidence people carry into ordinary life, including the words they rehearse but never speak. I Buried the Apology is a collection about the aftermath of betrayal and the difficult decisions that follow an admission of harm.
