I have been writing since I was ten years old. I still have some very emotional poetry from my pre-teens somewhere! I never throw away a poem anymore because I regreted the few times that I did, instead I re-write them all in a note-book or type them out and save them. Twice! My life lacks the emotional trama I felt when I wrote some of my best pieces so I rarly write now, but when I do it flows neatly with less thought then I used to give it.