Frozen In Time - a Collaboration

Cleaning for a yard sale, it was that old envelope she found, The envelope worn and frail, but the ribbon around it still bound, A tear coming to her eye as she knew what was inside, And the memories she couldn't deny, as she sat there and cried, She began opening it, but then she stopped and just thought, In being unable to admit, there is no peace in what she had sought, She laid it on the bed, then went outside and began to pray, All those thoughts in her head, all those things she couldn't say, Her anguish and her pain, all cleansed from her heart, What could she explain? It was no fault on her part, It was he who had broken up, his very last letter, She wished he had spoken up, she would have felt better, Three years had gone by now, since his last correspondence, To God alone did she bow in her deepest darkest despondence, His words she knew by heart, but wished for a second chance, To forgive him and have a fresh start at God-given romance, Unraveling that bow, and one last time reading the card, It was time to let go, even though letting go would be so hard, Keeping her forgiveness as prime, her painful bitterness was gone, No more frozen in time, with God's gracious help, she moved on. 11.10.19